Hi Yves, > which precise features in dpkg are superior to RPM ? > RPM is also the standart choosen by the LSB, and a defacto standart for > those using propriatary sofwares. > dpkg != rpm and will always be different. it is two spirits.
Right dpkg is definately not RPM. However, I understand it seems to be more reliable, and it has apt-get which is really very cool. It's also really easy to turn source packages into debs (i.e. I went from having no idea how to make a deb package to making one within about 20 minutes - it took me much longer learning to make an RPM). > > 2.) Urpmi too is very nice, but a Mandrake Debian setup would have a > > major benefit - apt-get could be configured first to get Mandrake > > packages, and if one didn't exist for a particular program, it could > > revert "woody" or "sid" packages. > > i wouldnt install an rpm from redhat on my mdk system, thus i wouldn t > imagine a debian one (config, hw, compilation tuning..) Actually it works well. Just for fun I installed Menudrake on Debian using alien. It worked very nicely. RealPlayer RPM's work well too. > what about porting debian to mandrake ? they would get a rock and simple > installer (that is ported to ia64, ppc and almost on alpha and sparc (done > in the past)), up to date package (still kernel 2.2 in debian stable), a You really can't use Debian stable as a good example. Everyone I talk to who uses Debian uses "woody" (testing). Debian has also been ported to most of those platforms, btw. Anyway, it would be a lot harder to port Debian to Mandrake (i.e. porting apt-get, dpkg, debianconf, and so forth) than porting the Mandrake UI and setup tools to Debian, IMO. > true hardware detection (mouse config during debian install :), more fs, > more tools, more users... Well, Debian already supports most FS, and has a nice GUI if you use one of the other forks (i.e. Xandros - soon, Libranet, and so forth). My main point is it needs something like Mandrake to move from being the "other distro." The two distros seem like a good fit together, IMO. > an user knowing well his suse box will always be more effcient than a > traditional debian-irc-geek who prefers bashing mdk users than creating > great modern tool for his distrib ? Well, obviously the Debian people aren't interested in modern tools (for whatever reason). However, if they were, moving Mandrake to Debian wouldn't be a very interesting idea, since Debian would already have equivelent functionality (just like I would suggest "porting" Mandrake to SuSE). > (PLD) hve sometimes better packages, we are trying to get them. Redhat have > a more uptodate pci-ids list, we merge it, debian has a great menu tool, > you know the answer... and so on. True, you MDK'ers do an excellent job at that. -Tim -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Universal Networks http://www.uninet.info Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz ============= "Christian Web Services Since 1996" ==============
