Multilib Middle-Ground

[Bill Crawford]

On 01/05/2008, Andrew Farris <lordmorgul at gmail.com> wrote:

>  If the libraries are easy to get put in place, then the system libraries
> might actually get used, and properly packaged proprietary software might
> get distributed.  If the opposite is true for the libraries, then can you
> even hope well packaged applications will be shipped from those vendors?

They are deliberately bypassing the mechanisms to make that possible.