> > > > 2) One thing that made me very happy in the Arch, was the package > > manager. Absolutally pacman is one of the best. But, has just one big > > defect. The extension. The extension "pkg.tar.gz" is too long! The > > most famous package manager using short extension like rpm, deb and > > tgz. Look the difference: > > > > bash-3.0-3.pkg.tar.gz > > bash-3.0-3.rpm > > bash-3.0-3.deb > > bash-3.0-3.tgz > > > > Be more direct is essential. We know that pacman is a tar.gz based, but > > we are not force to use tar.gz in the extension. And more. This > > extension can be confuse to the new user that see "tar.gz" in the end. > > Someones will not associate with a package manager. My suggestion is > > use a new extension like "pac". > > > > bash-3.0-3.pac > > bash-3.0-3.rpm > > bash-3.0-3.deb > > bash-3.0-3.tgz > > > > > > I think "pac" is beauty and easy to remind. > > > >
I will only comment on this subject: I think it's a great idea as it gives the packages an identity that it needs so when people see it they and know it belongs to Arch. i.e. foo.rpm -> RedHat/Mandrake foo.deb -> Debian foo.pac -> Arch/pacman YEAH! slyski Get R Done _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
