[plug] Distro's and packages...

[Craig Dyke]

I wouldn't mind adding SourceMage as an easy to setup and very bleeding 
edge (if you use test grimoire)
entry.

Craig Ringer wrote:

> garry wrote:
>
>> Senectus . wrote:
>>
>>> Which of the rpm based distro's would have the most diverse and up to
>>> date application repository's ? (mandrake maybe? its number one on the
>>> distrowatch lists... for what ever that indicates)
>>> Actually scratch that.. it doesn't need to be rpm.. ANY of the
>>> distro's with a package management tool.
>>>
>> I'd guess it'd be between Debian unstable and Gentoo.
>
>
> I'd argue that FC3 (in late testing now) is likely to be considerably 
> more up to date than Sarge, though of course not Gentoo. This is 
> especially the case for things like GUI environments.
>
> As for package management tool - I can't think of any without one. I 
> can only think of one distro without (as far as I know) some form of 
> tool for remote repositories and automatic dependency resolution - 
> Slackware.
>
> If you're looking for a good collection of 3rd party repositories, 
> then sure your choices are more limited. Appropriate tools are present 
> in most distros, but the support for the distro by various software 
> packagers will be much more variable.
>
> Now, to continue working on that RH8->Debian live server upgrade...
>
> -- 
> Craig Ringer
>
>
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