Re: Time to fight for our beloved DEB format!
> When I've mentioned about incompabilities between
> distros then I've mentioned about not only packaging
> format. I can only repeat that you expect to much if you
> think that common packaging format is the only problem
> of differences between distros.
>
> Please try to use something different than RH, i.e. Debian.
I totally agree with you. There's a LOT more to cross distro
compatibility than the package format and manager! A
whole heck of a lot!!
What would be cool would be if someone came up
with a project specifically targetted at this much larger
problem: cross-distro compatibility! Actually, this should
have been started years ago, but never mind.
I hereby put out a call for an initiative to do this. To begin
to put flesh on this, I suggest the following draft opening to
a mission statement for this effort:
The goal is to develop and promote a set of standards
that will increase compatibility among Linux distributions
and enable software applications to run on any compliant
Linux system.
Anyone interested? Mariusz?
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