Published : Mar 16, 2012
NOT ON THE CURRENT EDITION
This blip is not on the current edition of the Radar. If it was on one of the last few editions, it is likely that it is still relevant. If the blip is older, it might no longer be relevant and our assessment might be different today. Unfortunately, we simply don't have the bandwidth to continuously review blips from previous editions of the Radar.
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Mar 2012
Trial
Worth pursuing. It is important to understand how to build up this capability. Enterprises should try this technology on a project that can handle the risk.
There are many advantages to using OS-native packages to deploy components and dependencies, however the tools which build native packages for Linux are not trivial. FPM is a useful tool which makes it easy to create RPM, DEB, or Solaris packages with a minimum of fuss.
