User:Kr/Packaging

Requirements

Possible / Needed Vehicles (types of products):

• patch
• update
• respin

Support for Changes:

• updated package(s)
• (automatically) remove package(s)
• add package(s)
• rename package(s)

• remove file(s)
• add file(s)
• move file(s)

Media:

• CD / DVD
• download file
• repository (e.g. APT)

Package System Capabilities

.deb/apt

Relations:

• "depends"
• "recommends"
• "conflicts"
• "suggests"
• "replaces"
• "pre-depends"
• "breaks"

Tags:

• "priority"
• "section"

Features:

• "manual install"

.rpm

Relations:

• "provides"
• "requires"

.msi

Features:

• installation on demand
• advertisement ("assigning" / "publishing")
• customization
• patching / updating
• usage metrics on features - automagic de-installation
• Incorporated installations == ? "dependencies" ?
• Resiliency
• User / Machine wide installation

Links

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372866.aspx