Dear Aaron,
Now wait a minute, I live for pointless conflict...
Here is the best accelerant I can think of right now:
Josh, can we have an RPM vs. DEB slug-fest at an upcoming meeting?
I would prefer that this shootout take place prior to a VI/EMACS rematch,
but I am flexible on this point.
Finally Jonathan, I am touting you as the "Deb Dude".
O.K. Aaron, pick the gloves...nice and slow...lemme see the rage...yes...
...come over to the dark side of the force". It is your destiny...
Kindest Regards,
Flint
On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Aaron S. Hawley wrote:
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 00:13:35 -0400
From: Aaron S. Hawley <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: melodrama at CentOS?
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:28 PM, jonathan d p ferguson<[email protected]> wrote:
Interesting. I am not aiming to start some war involving oven mits, but you
seem to be
responding to something I did not write. Maybe I'm missing your point:
I did not say "dependency handling" I said "the System Policy of Dependency
Checking." I know full well, that RPM, as a format is perfectly capable of
expressing dependency information. [Insert devil and details here]. The
problem is not in the format per-se (which was the point of my original post
anyway). The problem is in the System Policy which guides the People who
package the software. In other words, not having a requirement for
articulating dependencies in a systematic and automated way.
Ok, I guess I misunderstood your initial words on the matter. I
thought you were making the technical (and historical) criticism about
RPM that we now both agree is false. I can now see how "system
policy" in your description of Debian was meant to connote a social
expectation for the distribution and not a technical requirement for
the software used to manage packages. Your statement that Debian had
support for "dependency checking" earlier than RPMs, "Now RPMs have
_started_ supporting dependency checking", was what struck me as false
history.
Oven mits are removed.
Kindest Regards,
Paul Flint
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