Lorn Potter wrote: > Werner Almesberger wrote: > >> There's been a brief but heated discussion on one of our internal >> lists on the change from .ipk to .opk. Let me join the flame fest >> by 1) dragging this into this more public space, and 2) professing >> my ignorance: >> >> In the discussion it was explained that the file formats .deb, >> .ipk, and .opk are identical, and that this was just what seems to >> be a very misguided attempt at name branding. (I only now realize >> that the "o" in "opkg" was supposed to come from "Openmoko", not >> "other".) >> >> However, I wonder if there are any other differences beyond the >> mere format. E.g., could systems that use dpkg, ipkg, or opkg >> actually install .deb, .ipk, or .opk packages (provided that >> they're built for the respective architecture), or are there >> other differences beyond just the package format that would cause >> this to fail or to cause other problems (such as putting invalid >> metadata into the local package database) ? >> >> If .opk is identical to .ipk for all practical purposes, then I >> don't think this is a good change and it may not be too late to >> revert it. If we look at, say, RPM-based systems, they all use >> .rpm and don't try to create arbitrary divisions by using >> distribution-specific names. >> >> I also don't know what is actually the difference between opkg >> and ipkg. I just thought it's somehow "better" without affecting >> the core functionality. Could anyone please explain ? I think I >> may not be the only one confused :-) >> > > "IPKG" is a trademarked name, and you will have to license it for use from > George France. (sorta > like the Firefox/Ice Weasel issue, but different) > There is a lot of contention between community members and George > France/handhelds.org, one of them > being this issue. > > > > i think you're mistaken ipkg is licensed under the gpl
i agree that ipkg should stay ipkg,i read on the wiki someone changed the name to opkg cause ipkg isnt actively developed? ugh well then wtf is opkg? a updated/modified version of ipkg for openmoko's needs, i even went as far as aliasing ipkg to opkg cause its a good embedded pkg manager and i'm already in the habit of typeing ipkg list (openwrt). rename the final bin back to ipkg and dont touch the pkg filetype .ipkg _______________________________________________ devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
