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

misd71 at dsl.pipex.com misd71 at dsl.pipex.com
Tue Dec 19 15:00:29 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?
> 

you can already use apt with rpm's it's just a package manager, or do you mean
switching from rpm's to deb or autopackage or something?

> 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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