On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 01:15:46PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > The LSB doesn't need the full power of a complex packaging system, > > and it is unlikely they would get it right without really using > > it. > > I disagree with that. The people who are involved with that > particular bit of LSB happen to be a dpkg maintainer, the apt > author, rpm upstream, the author of dpkg-rpm and a few other capable > people. If you don't trust that group you may as well give up and > start your own packaging system. Trust has nothing to do with it. Frankly, I agree that the format of the package file being something that standard *NIX tools can manipulate. I agree that a packaging "system" should be unnecessary to install a binary package. Marcus is right on the money with his statement. However, I will articulate Wichert's implied statement: get involved with the LSB. Bickering about it on debian-devel isn't going to get people very far. A little research[1] turns up the following on how to get involved: Invitation To Participate Anyone wishing to participate in the LSB project either as an observer or as a contributor should join one of the mailing lists[2]. There are no fees for participation or membership. 1. http://www.linuxbase.org 2. http://www.linuxbase.org/lists.html Related threads: 3. http://lists.debian.org/lsb-discuss-0010/msg00012.html 4. http://lists.debian.org/lsb-discuss-0010/msg00036.html 5. http://lists.debian.org/lsb-discuss-0007/msg00002.html 6. http://lists.debian.org/lsb-discuss-0105/msg00025.html Good Hunting! -- Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net> | a.k.a. ^chewie http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr Key fingerprint = B4AB D627 9CBD 687E 7A31 1950 0CC7 0B18 206C 5AFD
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