Re: http://www.debian.org/contact
*- On 12 Oct, Pablo De Napoli wrote about "http://www.debian.org/contact";
>
> 2) Try to agree with the other linux distributions in a uniform package
> format . I think we should consider use the "rpm" format for debian.
> The are excelent tools from red-hat (under GPL) for installing rpm
> ( glint is more intuitive than dselect ) , and let me say that is easy to
> find "rpm" packages than "deb".
>
This will probably never happen. For a comparison of package formats
take a look at http://kitenet.net/~joey/pkg-comp/. And if I am not
mistaken the .deb format was around before .rpm was. You can also use
the 'alien' package to install rpm's on debian or vice versa. It is
packaged for Debian or you can find it on freshmeat.net
Brian Servis
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