On Friday 23 March 2001 04:27, you wrote:
> --- Vincent Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Am I missing something ? I've YET to be able to get rpmdrake
> > to work,
>
> Mandrake Update worked better than rpmdrake. Not perfect but
> better.:)
> This make no sense to throw away better for worse to try to make
> worse better. Make more sense to make better even better by
> adding more functions or keep it working as same.
>
> > Check the ones you want to install, click the "install
> > marked" button, and
> > off it goes.
> >
> > Vinny
>
> yes, now try same with http://ftp....
> it can not do it.
> some people need http access.
>
> > On Monday 19 March 2001 23:55, you wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 06:33:19PM +0100, Frederic Lepied
> >
> > wrote:
> > > > Gary Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > > > Quick question,
> > > > >
> > > > > Since MandrakeUpdate is gone what can I use to do remote
> >
> > updates of RPM
> >
> > > > > Packages
> > > >
> > > > rpmdrake
> > >
> > > Bwa ha ha ha! Who's got a Cray to run that thing? Even on
> >
> > my 800MHz
> >
> > > Athlon it takes literally minutes to get it going. On my
> >
> > PIII 600MHz
> >
> > > I gave up before it got up and running. I am sure we all
> >
> > here don't
> >
> > > have close to GHz machines. I feel sorry for the poor
> >
> > bastard who is
> >
> > > still running a 2 or 3 hundred MHz PII.
> > >
> > > b.
>
> Many people still use P166 with 64MB RAM max!!
> (many, many HP systems sold like that on desktops everywhere)
> They not run KDE2 or Rdrak.
> Apt could work for everybody.
>
The success of apt-get has more to do with the very careful management of deb
packages than with anything in the apt-get design except that it basically
forces some of that discipline. In the time-sensitive bazaar of packages and
package contributors for this distro, such a level of management is
definitely a wishlist itme for when we are as rich and hated as Microsoft .-)
Anyway, the packages in Cooker are apt-get capable, but they definitely are
not debs.
Civileme/QA
