Bill Bumgarner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I saw a conversation go by that mentioned the possibility of using an > alternative to dpkg for package management... > > I have no particular preference but thought I would toss out that Apple is > moving more and more to using RPM internally and that the OpenPKG > project-- a sort of cross platform Fink-- uses RPM. It is likely that RPM > will be taking a more and more prominent role in the future of OSX.
Let's see... It was mentioned on the darwin developer list that the current release of stand-alone Darwin is using dpkg for package management (although it is not being promised that this will be maintained in future releases). Also, if you consult www.openpackages.org, you will see that that project is developing its own format, .ops, and they hope to have conversion tools which will take a .ops file and turn it into a .rpm or .deb file. (You might also notice that the most recent release made by that project was 31 July 2001.) > > As such, if a move is made, a move to RPM would likely push the project in > a direction more inline with the future of the platform. > Seems unlikely to me, at least based on publically available information. -- Dave _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
