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[Satish Balay <petsc-maint@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Satish Balay wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Barry Smith wrote:
> 
> > 
> >   Take a look at 
> > http://akaimbatman.blogspot.com/2005/06/linux-desktop-distribution_111888594099190449.html
> > 
> > I use the Mac all the time now and just love the fact that Applications
> > and libraries (called Frameworks) are completely self-contained objects that you
> > can move around at will and don't leave "droppings" all over the place like in 
> > classic Unix (by droppings I mean some stuff in /usr/lib some in /usr/include 
> > some in /usr/bin some in /usr/man etc etc).
> 
> Barry,
> 
> What happens for all applications that rely on a framework - when you
> move/remove it?

BTW: there is a thread discussing linux packaging with apple packing at:

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-June/msg00097.html

Its a long thread..

Satish