Matthew Allum writes: > Surely this isn't a fair comparison as the packages in Debian 2.2 > arn't 'tuned' to embedded use ( i.e include docs, .la files etc etc ). > You'd be better comparing udebs that make up D-I or something.
I'm only talking about the overhead of the package manager, not the contents of the packages themselves. > Also I dont know how you make numbers out of ipkg's lack of any real > maintainership, constant instability ( likely due to former ), wierd > versioning scheme, memory issues and horrific 'UI' ( see ipkg -h ). Those are problems with ipkg, to be sure, but dpkg has its own usability issues, and needs a front-end (apt-get) to have ipkg's functionality. There is no really great package manager for a small-storage system. How do we get there from here? > PS; note; Im not saying dpkg is ideal for embedded systems here, just > that ipkg is not ideal either ( maybe it used to be but not so much > nowadays ). Repeat after me: "the 770 is not an embedded system". It is a small computer with neither a qwerty keyboard nor a big hard drive, nor a really fast processor. -- --my blog is at blog.russnelson.com | A computer without Python is Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | like a CPU without memory: 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-323-1241 | it runs, but you can't do Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog | anything useful with it. _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
