[Klug-general] If RPM based distros wanted to change...

matt house matthouse at dsl.pipex.com
Tue Dec 19 15:01:39 GMT 2006


Quoting George Prowse <cokehabit at gmail.com>:

> If RPM based distros wanted to change to something like apt or similar 
> would you support it? It is a known fact that the apt system is better 
> but is RPM so entrenched in distros that no-one would consider changing? 
> Do you see it more as a "if it aint broke, don't fix it" scenario?
> 

do you mean deb? as apt is available for rpm's and has been for a long time. I
used to use it in suse.

> What about LSB, is RPM still a requirement for it?
> 
> Just wondering because I know there are quite a few Fedora, Mandrake and 
> SuSE users here, the rest of us seem to use Ubuntu/Gentoo.
> 
> Debate... nicely (that means you JD and Karl :p )
> 
> George
> 
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