this is the source to my diploma thesis
this is provided in the hope:
 - someone reads it
 - finds the whole or parts useful
 - copy the layout ... whatever

copyright/urheberrecht notice:
this document and included pictures/raw diagrams are subject to the CC license by sa 3.0, see:
  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

this document is hosted on:
  https://github.com/qknight/Multi-PlatformSoftwarePackageManagement

it might be subject to my blog at:
  blog.lastlog.de 

candies can be found here:
 - chap 4: components used in a package manager
 - chap 4.6: different integration levels of a package manager
 - chap 5.13: ways to replicate a system
 - chap 5.15 ff
 - chap 6.2: evopedia deployment summary
 - chap 7 (you might want to read this a few times, it is quite complex)
 - chap 9: here i introduce some new terminology in package management
           (probably a _must read_)

to build this document i had to install many latex extensions like:

% qlist -I | grep -i dev-tex  
	dev-tex/glossaries
	dev-tex/latex2html
	dev-tex/luatex
	dev-tex/minted
	dev-texlive/texlive-basic
	dev-texlive/texlive-documentation-base
	dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended
	dev-texlive/texlive-genericrecommended
	dev-texlive/texlive-latex
	dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra
	dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended
	dev-texlive/texlive-pictures
	dev-texlive/texlive-texinfo
	dev-texlive/texlive-xetex
(probably some are missing)

to compile i used kile with pdflatex

comments welcome

have fun
joachim schiele <js@lastlog.de>