Submitted 24-Feb-02 by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > If there is a > distinct and significant advantage of a deb package over an RPM I'm not > aware of it.
There is, but it is an issue to take up with the developers of RPM, not Mandrake. The single feature of the .deb package format that I find most lacking in RPM is a "Suggests:" field. The packages listed as suggested are not required to be installed for the package to function, but they do increase its functionality and/or useability. Without the ability to "suggest" packages, many (a great many) RPM packages depend on some other packages merely because the packager feels that it is essential to the package, not because the packages are actually dependant (for example, mutt's dependancy on urlview). -- Anton Graham GPG ID: 0x18F78541 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse. -- James Dean
