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David Masterson wrote:
   Are
> you expecting all packages to distribute in a form that is compatible
> to all package managers so that they can be managed on all systems?
> 

I think this brings to light that:

If you're getting a binary dist pkg, by default you get management
for your OS, which means you lose control on the install process.
Therefore, we really only need focus on standards for gnu/fsf source
distributions.

Tribhuvan