Ubuntu To Get Its Own Package Format, App Installer

[energyman]

And in 1990 i'd agree...but this is 2013, storage is cheap. I can (and did) go out and get a 1TB external USB3.0 HDD for $75, so who cares? They're all being kept in their own app's folder so its not even like theyre all flooding /usr/lib

hdd might be cheap. Your empty bank account thanks to Canoniocals idiocy is not.

People who haven't learnt from history repeat its errors. And Canonical is just on its way for an epic fuck up.

Why? To become the one and only distri. The 'canonical' solution.

What a bunch of insufferable jerks.

[jayrulez]

hdd might be cheap. Your empty bank account thanks to Canoniocals idiocy is not.

People who haven't learnt from history repeat its errors. And Canonical is just on its way for an epic fuck up.

Why? To become the one and only distri. The 'canonical' solution.

What a bunch of insufferable jerks.

Would you like cheese with your whine?

[JS987]

And in 1990 i'd agree...but this is 2013, storage is cheap. I can (and did) go out and get a 1TB external USB3.0 HDD for $75, so who cares? They're all being kept in their own app's folder so its not even like theyre all flooding /usr/lib

When application has private copy of library memory taken by library can't be shared among applications and it slows down start-up of application because library isn't cached.
When security bug is found in library, all applications with private copy have to be updated.

[GreatEmerald]

I think /bin and /sbin should be statically linked.

What. Statically linking to anything in /sbin would mean security issues ahoy (and, well, they are binaries, not libraries, you don't link to them anyway, you link to the libraries they use). Also, both /bin and /sbin are not supposed to exist any more, anyway.

[energyman]

Would you like cheese with your whine?

wake up, fanboi. your reality check has bounced.

[jayrulez]

wake up, fanboi. your reality check has bounced.

Chill out fangirl. No need to get your panties in a bunch.

[LightBit]

What. Statically linking to anything in /sbin would mean security issues ahoy (and, well, they are binaries, not libraries, you don't link to them anyway, you link to the libraries they use). Also, both /bin and /sbin are not supposed to exist any more, anyway.

NO! Of course there is no libraries in /sbin and /bin, and you can't link two binaries.
Binaries in /sbin and /bin should be statically linked to libraries they use (mostly libc.a). Of course this means, if bug is found in libc all binaries have to be rebuild.
FHS requires /bin and /sbin (they can be symlinks), but I agree it doesn't make sense to have them, if binaries are dynamically linked.

[GreatEmerald]

NO! Of course there is no libraries in /sbin and /bin, and you can't link two binaries.
Binaries in /sbin and /bin should be statically linked to libraries they use (mostly libc.a). Of course this means, if bug is found in libc all binaries have to be rebuild.
FHS requires /bin and /sbin (they can be symlinks), but I agree it doesn't make sense to have them, if binaries are dynamically linked.

Oh, so you meant that (only the?) binaries which are usually put into /bin and /sbin should be statically linked to the libraries they use. All right. You should be a bit clearer on those things next time

[ворот93]

Oh noes! It's the rabid wolves out to get Ubuntu again. If the many existing solutions were perfect or just needed a bit of work to be acceptable then why hasn't anyone done it yet? Why fault Ubuntu for trying to solve an obvious problem?

I've learned that Ubuntu is damned if they do and damned if they don't so they might as well ignore you bunch and try to accomplish their goals.

The last thing that I want to happen is Canonical start paying attention to moronix forums. MS has the vision which he should implement, not get distracted by local attention whores.

[erendorn]

And in 1990 i'd agree...but this is 2013, storage is cheap. I can (and did) go out and get a 1TB external USB3.0 HDD for $75, so who cares? They're all being kept in their own app's folder so its not even like theyre all flooding /usr/lib

good luck putting your 1TB drive into a tablet, or storing you programs on external USB drives...
One of my Windows vista installations ended up filling its (system only) 32Gb partition (because system dlls would be added over time for "compatibility", up to 10 to 15 Gb of extra space used in Windows directory).
I hope they are doing better with Windows 8, because if not, the 32Gb surface RT might become a little less nice when you can't install apps on it anymore after a few years.