[Gllug] Yum or apt4rpm?

Bruce Richardson itsbruce at uklinux.net
Fri Feb 20 15:25:11 UTC 2004


On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 03:14:53PM +0000, Daniel wrote:
> Well, Yum comes with Fedora and is used by most RH developers so its had
> a hell of a lot more testing & usage than apt+fedora will have had. So
> if its reliability you're after yum seems the way to go. I've no idea about
> the technical / design merits of each of solution though

Apt is a more mature and comprehensive application suite and there are
apt repositories for Fedora.  That said, Yum is evolving at a fair rate.

The man to ask for definitive answers is Paul Nasrat, who is actively
involved with these and related projects.  He's on the list but busy.

-- 
Bruce

Those who cast the votes decide nothing.  Those who count the
votes decide everything. -- Joseph Stalin
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