RPM 4.0 is already out for some time. RedHat's Rawhide is already
adapting to it. Are there any plans to go 4? Really I had already
"adapted" one and noted the following:
Generally it seems to work correctly. I have not noted no big glitches,
bugs or crashes.
Adapt 4.0 to a Mandrake environment is not an easy task. There is some
good "paperwork" to do in /usr/lib/rpm.
RPM 4 databases differ from 3.0.5 - And it is hard for both versions to
live together. RPM 4 tends to cry loud when it finds an old rpm database
in its directory.
RPM 4 has tools to convert old rpm databases. So, in upgrade cases one
doesn't loose old install info.
RPM 4 builds most of the old src.rpm's I tried with. However there are
some oops.
RPM 4 is a bomb for most programs working with rpm. It nukes completely
the possibility to use or rebuild present packages working with rpm
stuff. Most rpm visual tools can't work with it.
Right now, I'm not speaking about rulez or s****. Really I tested RPM 4
more as a problem of compatibility for building redhat/rawhide stuff.
But there are some new features which some colleagues say it costs the
time and space.
Ektanoor
