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List:       klik-devel
Subject:    Re: [klik-devel] klik-devel Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1
From:       lionel.tricon () free ! fr
Date:       2007-05-23 21:26:36
Message-ID: 1179955596.4654b18caf00c () imp ! free ! fr
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Selon Thomas Leonard <talex5@gmail.com>:
> Software such as Firefox, Blender, Inkscape etc doesn't need to be
> modified. Programs which uses hard-coded paths do (there's no
> "intellipatch" step like with Klik).

Klik2 (well, next version of klik) doesn't need to change absolute path. For the
current version of klik, you have to.

> lazyfs hasn't been used since 2005. No kernel patching (or even root
> access) is needed.

ok

> Well, it works a lot like Klik really ;-)

My impression is that 0install is close to the current klik implementation.

Klik2 will add some major improvements :
- union mounting : virtualize the application into the filesystem (only from the
application point of view)
- sand boxing feature : allows you to test an application without changing the
local filesystem or put the modifications into a directory or a file (loopback
mounting)
- no need to modify absolute paths : the application is unmodified

But i agree that 0install propose some interesting features (security, dynamic
linking, ...). And klik2 could be almost plateforme independent if you consider
that fuse is available as well on *bsd, mac, ... it's not perfect, but it's
better than nothing :-)

Lionel
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