I may have asked this before, and if so I apologize, but is there any place 
that shows the different packaging systems, what they have in common, what 
is different, etc.?

I think it is important to either make these things compatible with each 
other or consider adopting just one.  Everyone likes choices, but for 
system/environment components they can be more problem then benefit.

We don't want to do like Linux with way too many choices for things that 
don't matter that much (e.g. 23412341234 different window managers) but 
completely missing seemingly low hanging fruit (e.g. not a single free 
installer I am aware of that can automatically set up my new Linux machine 
to authenticate via LDAP they way windows does out of the box).


>From: Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de>
>Reply-To: The general-purpose Squeak developers 
>list<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>To: The general-purpose Squeak developers 
>list<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>Subject: Re: How-to Monticello Configuration
>Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:08:33 +0100
>
>On Mar 9, 2007, at 16:56 , J J wrote:
>
>>  MC Configs just pick the newest of everything?
>
>There seems to be a misconception about MCConfigs here.
>
>Each MCConfiguration specifies a *fixed* set of MC versions  identified by 
>version name and UUID, which is loaded.
>
>*Additionally*, provided your repository organization and naming  method 
>follows a certain scheme, you can update the MCConfiguration  automatically 
>by using the highest-numbered package version found.  This "updating" of 
>the config does not actually install anything, it  just enlists new 
>versions. This configuration then can be loaded just  like a manually 
>constructed configuration.
>
>This automatic update function is mostly a convenience for  developers, 
>otherwise you always had to manually construct a  configuration which is 
>tedious. If you use configurations for  deployment I'd suggest not to use 
>the update feature but deliver a  verified working config to your users.
>
>If you use a different development method or naming scheme in your  project 
>you can still use MCConfigs, it's just that the automatic  update would not 
>be usable.
>
>- Bert -
>
>
>

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