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Subject: Re: [Mageia-discuss] rpm or deb?
From: Kristoffer_Grundström
Date: 2010-09-26 21:46:36
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Why not create a new format with the best of both worlds (if
possible)?<br>
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.mageia ?<br>
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Hoyt Duff skrev 2010-09-26 19:44:
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:13 AM, RAVI KUMAR BALASUBRAMANIAM
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<pre wrap="">only thing i hate about mandriva is its rpm based packages
i prefer apt and deb personally
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<pre wrap=""> I can understand a personal preference, but why do you believe \
that deb is superior to rpm? Given that Mandriva is already rpm-based, what
benefit could be derived from abandoning the existing build system and
urpmi?
>From everything I have read, neither system has a clear advantage over
the other, and the end result of using either is essentially the same.
I don't believe that changing to a deb-based system would provide any
significant benefit to justify the expense in terms of re-training
devs and creating a new build system.
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