Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2) Package relationships: The .deb format has a more nuanced set of > relationships, incorporating recommendations and suggested > packages, and orders packages by priority as well as group.
Well, these relationships are defined by the individual(s) who create the package(s). How does the package format help here? > 4) Debian packages may run binaries at install and un-install times. > I am not sure if this is a major plus. Did you mean scripts? > 5) Package verification and triggers -- rpm has them, and package > verification is one of the major features missing in a .deb. > triggers, well, there is a technical proposal currently being > debated about adding triggers to dpkg, but obviously, Debian is > playing catch-up here. What about debsums? I remember seeing a discussion about this is some recent (previous 2 weeks) in some mailing list. That said, does this mail have anything to do with ESR's desertion of RH/Fedora ? (grin) -- Mahesh T. Pai <<>> http://paivakil.blogspot.com/ Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
