[plug] Controversial comparison of distros?

[sscott at iinet.net.au]

Quoting James Devenish <devenish at guild.uwa.edu.au>:

> But...what makes RPM the best choice as a common format for package
> management? If I asked "is Deb closer to what is needed, and should RPM
> features be integrated with Deb" OR "is RPM closer to what is needed,
> and should Deb features be integrated with RPM", perhaps the answer is
> "make Deb more like RPM, lose RPM". I honestly don't know the answer.

Good question. You're approaching it from a technical purist's point of view, 
whereas Im approaching it from a more pragmatic 'path of least resistance' POV. 

Either way, Id like to see linux standardise. 



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