Re: Package formats and software distribution on Linux
Eugene Gorodinsky <e.gorodinsky@gmail.com> writes:
> No, on the contrary, I'm suggesting to have an additional format for
> software that is not system-specific and leaving the system-specific
> formats to do what they were designed for (i.e. manage system packages)
> rather than reducing the number of formats.
I don't believe the distinction that you're apparently drawing between
system and non-system packages really exists in any meaningful way. The
dpkg format is well-suited for managing any software that one would like
to install on the system, and I suspect Red Hat users would say the same
thing about RPM. Both of them are general package formats with a slightly
different mix of features and tradeoffs.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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