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1. gjsman+n5[view] [source] 2023-05-24 16:20:18
>>pjmlp+(OP)
Yay, it's the latest attempt at Project Centennial!

(For context, Microsoft has been trying for 7 years various methods to get developers to please package their apps in some way. Almost nobody has ever bit - to the point the Microsoft Store only has been having some recent success by promising packaging isn't required.)

https://petri.com/microsofts-project-centennial-unsuccessful...

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2. onepla+ss[view] [source] 2023-05-24 17:54:47
>>gjsman+n5
I think they are getting bit by their wishes to make it both perfect and backwards compatible at the same time.

Even a janky port of RPM or DPKG or OCI with cgroups would have been a better way to move forward. But because MS doesn't have the tools, the ecosystem or the willpower to drop legacy methods and create a proper self-hosting toolbox OS they will never get there.

"Enterprise Development" is the antithesis of successful packaging. Even Apple's half-assed PAX+Shellscripts method (.pkg) is decades ahead of whatever MS keeps pulling out of their hat.

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