> > Sheldon Lee Wen wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was wondering that now that apt has RPM support if there are any
> > > plans to incorporate apt and dselect into Mandrake? This, in my
> > > estimation would be the last good reason to switch to debian. The
> > > reason I'm asking is that redhat and mandrake esp. have great install
> > > programs with really nice tools. However, maintainability is a s.o.b.
> > > This is debian's great strength and it would be nice to have an OS
> > > that's both easy to install and easy to maintain.
> > >
> > > Anyone else like to see apt on mandrake?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Sheldon.
> >
> > As I understand it, Mandrake is incorporating apt into 8.0, so this
> > process is already underway.
> >
> > Aaron
On Friday 23 March 2001 15:29, Civileme wrote:
>
> How far it will go is another question.... apt-get works so well because
> there is extreme care and discipline in managing the assembly of debs. In
> the bazaar where we operate, with packagers as volunteers for much of our
> product, that sort of discipline is a wishlist item for when we are as rich
> and hated as Microsoft .-). So 8.0 packages are apt-get capable but
> definitely not debs.
>
> Civileme/QA
Will it check for dependancies and get those packages also? If so as long as
someone uses an "official" mirror and sticks to support packages shouldn't
they be ok?
Jerry
