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== Summary ==
The GNU/Linux distributions integration feature of Zero Sugar is not intended to follow all the requirements of native packages and cannot be reused for distribution of official repositories, i.e., Zero Sugar is '''NOT''' a meta-packaging tool.
There are only three major ideas behind native distribution support:
* make packages, built on [http://build.opensuse.org/ OBS], reusable for the 0install deployment model;
* as a side effect, Zero packages could be installed on GNU/Linux distributions that OBS supports, also, Zero packages might be reused for OBS-based Sugar distributions;
* Zero Sugar does not support most of the 'devil-in-details' packaging features that make distro people's life so funny.
Each OBS package is generated by the {{Code|0sugar}} tool, and might be built on a bunch of rpm/deb-based distributions within OBS. It is possible to follow regular OBS procedures for Zero packages, e.g., creating links and branching them.
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=== RPM support ===
Each Zero package has ''rpm.spec'' file to support building package on all RPM based distributions that OBS supports. File contains only one line {{Code|%zsugar_spec}} to invoke {{Code|zsugar_spec}} macros which generates spec file content on demand according to current ''0sugar.info'' and ''revision'' files content.
== Levels ==
== Levels ==
## its decentralized nature, sugar is all about (re)creating activities that should be some how distributed, using only distributors channels decrease sugar values
## its decentralized nature, sugar is all about (re)creating activities that should be some how distributed, using only distributors channels decrease sugar values
## it supports all existed GNU/Linux distribution efforts e.g. there is no need to repackage already packaged, by distros, software, 0install will use PackageKit to install it
## it supports all existed GNU/Linux distribution efforts e.g. there is no need to repackage already packaged, by distros, software, 0install will use PackageKit to install it
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