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When did the standard for packaging Linux source code become .tar.gz?
When browsing open-source projects that are primarily developed for Linux systems and downloading the latest packages, the source code is always stored in a .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 file.
Is there any ...
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Why rpm and deb package formats are not unified into one standard system?
I had this question asked on stackoverflow, but it was closed "as not a real question".
So i decided to remove all rumbling and post that question here, assuming that this stackexchange is for ...
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Package name best practice when porting a library
What is the suggested way (specifically in the open-source world) for the package name when porting a library.
Say I am porting someone else's library where they have used a reverse domain name ...
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FOSS Development: Who develops the OS-specific packages?
I have a couple of FOSS projects. They can be a bit of a pain to get running unless you've got dependencies in place already, which I figure is par for the course for FOSS projects.
We know that each ...
