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Re: OT : Universal Packaging



On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 01:03:44PM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
> We've already got tools (alien) that can parse Debian and Redhat control 
> info and convert between package formats.  The ability to convert
> between formats is already there.  Naturally this doesn't mean that
> Redhat (or Mandrake or whoever) could just magically merge into a single
> distribution, but why would they need to?  What's included in, for
> example, Redhat that isn't included in Debian?

<devils advocate mode>
A recent (i.e. >=1.2) JDK
</devils advocate mode>

Aubin



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