Re: New Package: martian 0.10-1
On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Boris D. Beletsky wrote:
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> >>>>>>>> On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Gith wrote:
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> Gith> In all the discussion about DPKG and RPM, has anyone gotten
> Gith> the idea to create a new package manager from scratch that
> Gith> incorporates the best features of both RPM and DPKG?
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> I not sure it is needed. Bouth, Dpkg and RPM are working systems
> that have no major problems that would require rewriting them from
> scratch. The only problem IMHO is how to make them compatible,
> things like recommends and suggests may be just optional, and RedHat
> may decide not to use them in there distribution.
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Yes they are both working systems with no major problems...
but why settle for one or the other when there is the possibility
of creating something better. A new package manager may or may not
be better than RPM/DPKG but it doesn't hurt to give it a shot.
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