[Gllug] Debian

[Tethys]

John Hearns writes:

>On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Simon Wilcox wrote:
>> they !). I had decided that I would try Debian on it as I am not happy
>> with the Redhat dependency issues that others have mentioned and wanted to
>> use the fabled Debian package management system.
>
>Why not use apt-for rpm then?

Not that it will necessarily help. Red Hat's dependecy problems are
non-existent. Up2date will resolve and dependencies just as apt will.
The problem is when people try and mix third party RPMs with the system
packages (for example with Ximian). That's not solvable with either apt
or up2date. It's solved by having a documented packaging policy that
third parties stick to. Debian does slightly better on that front,
partly as a consequence of having less third parties making packages
(because Debian includes more to start with).

Tet

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