Linux Symposium talk, slide and paper
Yes, I’m the nervous french geek that did the talk on non-privileged user package management. Steven Pigeon was my co-author.
I don’t think it’s groundbreaking in any or form, and I have no immediate plan to follow through with an implementation. I still think the basic idea in itself is defendable and I’m ready to stand up for it. On the other hand, what I now think is that maybe non-privileged user package management would be better served by a more radical departure from the current way software are packaged.
I have had at least one good comment after the talk and, all nervous that I was, I would be happy to repeat the experience.
The slides are pretty lame but, thanks the Steven’s mastery of everything english and LaTeX, the article is pretty solid.
Non-priviledged user package management (PDF article)
Non-priviledged user package management (ODP presentation)
