Re: RPM

[Sam Ockman <ockman@cs.stanford.edu>]

Message from Joey Hess (joey@kite.ml.org):
> Jim Pick:
> > Randolph Chung has released a alpha-test version of a utility that
> > will convert .deb files to .rpm files.
> > 
> > http://132.236.56.9/pages/rc42/program/martian.html
> > 
> > And Debian's alien package can already install .rpm files.
> 
> Randolph is a close friend of mine (I'm the maintainer of the alien program),
> and we're working together on this, and in a week or so, alien will merge in 
> martian's functionality and be able to convert in both directions.

Excellent.  This is something that I've longed for for months.  Thank you
both!

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