[kwlug-disc] Presentation requests: package formats, repository best practices

[Chris Frey]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 02:43:09PM -0500, Doug Moen wrote:
> I am interested in the Snap vs AppImage vs Flatpak debate, since
> I have an open issue to provide Linux binaries for Curv.

My earlier post was not to discourage this presentation, but to clarify
that I don't think Debian style repos are obsolete. :-)

I'm interested too.  I make use of docker pretty regularly, and I see
these tools as just variations on the same technology (cgroups) with
different wrapping.  Would be nice to hear a high level summary
of pros and cons.


> That's fine for them, but there are millions of projects on github,
> and most of them are not packaged by Debian or Red Hat. I use niche
> software that may never be packaged like this, or if it is packaged
> at all, it is years out of date. So I need to get some of my software
> straight from github or the project website.

Indeed, sometimes there's no alternative.  From a sysadmin point of view,
it's an added maintenance burden.  But from a dev point of view, it's just
another dependency.  Some projects provide their own debian-style repos,
such as docker and mongodb, which is a nice compromise.

- Chris