Hi,
I am currently investigating somewhat into this. I have to admit, that I
doubt providing .deb files, which are just converted out of .rpm files,
with aliens help, has any value. The only difference for end users would
be to call
alien -i *.rpm
instead of
dpkg -i *.deb
which IMHO is trivial and could even be coded into dpkg.
The only real sense, again IMHO, in providing .deb files lies in also
providing APT conforming directory structures, which would mean, that I
can add an entry like
deb ftp:///ftp.openoffice.org/debian/ testing contrib
or such to my sources.list, and (semi) automatically update my
installation (once a week or so).
Opinions?
Kay
SunnyRabbiera wrote:
Now that there is a new beta availible for Open office I think its time
Openoffice concidered making a new installer for 2.0's betas so we wont have
to convert from 800 RPM's if we use things like debian, gentoo or slackware
when the real thing is ready.
I find it VERY annoying to have to convert the zillions of RPM packages just
to get it to work on my distro.
I find this is very discouraging to newbies who dont know how to convert
packages via alien or what not, and I dont think it is fair for open office
to think of RPM's first and think of everything else 80th.
as a testimony to let open office know thatb RPM's are not the end all and be
all to packager management, I will direct many debian users to abi word and K
office until this issue is reolved...
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