Michael Stucki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi there,
>
> I just tested the great Debian Potato. There are many things that would be
> great for Mandrake, too.
> The best for me is Debians way of managing packages.
> I do not mean Apt, I mean the packages.
>
> Debian-Packages have some great advantages compared to RPM.
> See this page:
> http://www.debian.gr.jp/~kitame/pkg-comp/index.en.html
>
> Do you think, this would be possible to switch to Debian packages ?
No, it's too much work compared to reality:
- there is no big advantage of RPM vs. DEB. for ex. LSB chose RPM.
- compatibility with redhat is important
> I know that this is a really big step. But I think this would be an absolute
> advantage for Mandrake compared to any other (rpm-based) distro...
Consider why so many distros are based on RPM's compared to DEB's.
--
Guillaume Cottenceau - http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
