Re: deb vs. rpm

[Mitch Blevins <mblevin@mindspring.com>]

In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> So if I understand you and others who have replied correctly, the 
> main advantage is the automatic dep-resolustion via ftp.
> But it seems to me that this has nothing to do with the deb format 
> itself. Instead it is something that results out of Debian making 
> better use of the features of the packageformat.
> I guess you could write a program like apt-get for rpm too.
> 
> As I see it after reading the comparison at
> <http://kitenet.net/~joey/pkg-comp.html>
> the rpm format  is comparible with the dep format feature-wise.
> Rpm is even ahead in some (IMHO important)  areas like 
> file-dependencies whereas dep only supports package deps.
> The area in which dep  is better in an important area is 
> recommendations/suggestions.
> 
> So maybe RedHat (and others) only do not make use of the features 
> that rpm offers, while dep-Packagers do.
> Also with deps you can be sure that they are comptible with your 
> Debian system, something not the case with rpms.
> 
> Am I missing someting here?

That sounds about right.

-Mitch