James Powell <james4591@???> writes:
> While there are packages that can be invisible and unintrusive into
> the system, there are some that cannot.
>
> The problem is responsibility.
>
> Who wants to remain responsible for boot scripts? Upstream or vendor?
>
> Who wants responsibility for providing interoperability between
> projects? Upstream or downstream bazaar?
>
> Who wants responsibility for the userland? Upstream or the downstream
> bazaar?

It's possible to frame this in more technical terms: Who'll end up doing
system integration, system integrators or application developers? The
answer should (hopefully) be obvious.