Porting ROX applications

[Jochen Fahrner]

Hi Dylan,

Am 09.04.2009 um 06:01 schrieb Dylan Cochran:

> This may be the wrong way to go about it, as in the ROX world,
> 0install is the preferred method of distributing and installing
> software.

In the meantime I think I fully understand the concept of 0install. I  
was in contact with Thomas Leonard, analyzing the problems I have.
Imho 0install is only working with platforms that are widely used and  
well supported by the maintainer of the 0install applications. You  
loose if there is no binary on the server for you.

Take ROX-Filer: the actual version is 2.8. The server has a outdated  
and broken 2.4.1 binary for FreeBSD. Instead of letting me download  
and compile the latest source, 0install insists on downloading this  
broken binary. 0install does not let me download and compile the new  
version, but according to the documentation it should.

My conclusion is: 0install generates more trouble than it has  
benefit. So I favour the old fashioned install method. I will not use  
0install.

Jochen