On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Bryan Paxton wrote:
> > Debian's package system is right there to be used, why try to re-invent the
> > wheel ? It just doesn't make sense to do so.
> >
> > But what are the drawbacks ? Are there any at all ?
>
> Well, simply put, if the day comes that I can't go to a vendor's website,
> download their RPM for RedHat, and have it work flawlessly under Mandrake,
> that will be the day I stop using Mandrake.
>
> Other than that, you've presented a number of arguments I can't argue with.
> I used to use Debian and I agree they have a far superior package system.
> But it just doesn't have the support. I'd rather see RPM improved or some
> frontend written to support all the features of Debian's package system.
> THAT would be cool...
heh *nod* you put a nail on everything I was basically trying to go for.
And like Chris Armstrong, my original thoughts have changed a bit... Going
from a complete dpkg system to rather wanting to improve on RPM.
But the question is, to rip the guts out of RPM or to simply build tools(both
CLI and UI) on top of RPM...
--
Bryan Paxton
"How should I know if it works? That's what beta testers are for. I
only coded it."
-- Linus Torvalds.
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