I believe RPM is not suited well enough for this job, it tries to do
everything rather than doing one thing and doing it well. The package
format I'm proposing has a few features rpm does not.
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Not to mention that the package format is not the only thing that matters.
It is the contents of the package, the rules, specs and standards that are
followed that cause the most differences.
I aggree, and I'm hoping to resolve this issue
Oh and I guess I'm missing something, otherwise why
I've read that several times, but I still must be missing something.
My impression is that your poins is essentially the following: 1. it's
too much work for small distros to use any new format instead of one
of the big established ones; 2. let's reduce the number of big
established formats to
Sorry for the delay, I've been very busy last week.
A while ago I participated in a discussion here about the debian
package format. Quite recently I tried to spark up a discussion about
package formats on the LSB list but did not get any replies
Can you point to the message (preferably via
A while ago I participated in a discussion here about the debian
package format. Quite recently I tried to spark up a discussion about
package formats on the LSB list but did not get any replies, hopefully
this discussion will be more welcome here. Constructive crticism is
welcome, so feel free to
2009/8/1 Tollef Fog Heen tfh...@err.no:
]] Eugene Gorodinsky
| I also think some abstraction from the actual filesystem is a good
| idea. For example currently the only way to install a lib in a
| directory other than the one it was intended for is by using a hack
| that would look
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Hi all
I've read the debian news announcement today
(http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090730). What got me very
interested was the part about a new package format (in my oppinion
this area can be vastly improved, and I'm interested in contributing).
Searching the list archives I was unable to
2009/7/31 Giacomo A. Catenazzi c...@debian.org:
Eugene Gorodinsky wrote:
Hi all
I've read the debian news announcement today
(http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090730). What got me very
interested was the part about a new package format
There are two changes: one about the source package
2009/7/31 Giacomo A. Catenazzi c...@debian.org:
Eugene Gorodinsky wrote:
2009/7/31 Giacomo A. Catenazzi c...@debian.org:
Eugene Gorodinsky wrote:
(in my oppinion
this area can be vastly improved, and I'm interested in contributing).
What are the problems of actual format?
For one
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