Re: RPM (Was Re: Deity project schedule problems)
'Bruce Perens wrote:'
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>From: Lalo Martins <lalo@javali.com.br>
>> Not serious? I almost unsubscribed and started uninstalling
>> Debian machines when I read that. DPKG and .deb are about
>> 150% superior sollutions, and you can't improve RPM because
>> RedHat makes very sure it's proprietary.
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>As long as the majority of people still think dpkg/dselect are 150%
>superior, we'll stick with them. Is that how everyone feels?
Yes. dpkg is superior.
>However, I reject your point that it's proprietary - RPM is GPL-ed.
>It's also a finished program and we have the source code in hand.
>That does say something for it :-)
What is proprietary about is the development process. Red Hat
controls it. If package management were a drop in thing like an
editor, it would be conceivable. But the package tools and policies
are intimately intertwined and rpm wouldn't meet our policy objectives
without serious hacking, IMO.
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