On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 07:12:53 GMT, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 08:48:16 GMT, Sönke Ludwig wrote:
Installing binary files was/is on the agenda, but mostly just for application packages
I would say installing binary executables for tool/application packages is a must.
Yes, it's not a question of "if" but one of "when" and "how". The "how" in so far as dealing with application resources somehow needs to be encoded in the package description and the application needs to cope with varying locations where those resources are found on different OSes.