Hi all, I have a suggestion: I order to simplify for package authors/maintainers and to reduce duplication, distribute the source files in .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 format. This avoids the need to provide both .tar.gz, .src.rpm and debian source files. Included in these tarballs add .spec and/or .dsc files together with the original .tar.gz package and .diff.gz files. Then everybody interested can build source/binary files for their own preferred distribution using the same source files!! Another issue is to merge the binary file formats .deb and .rpm :( This mail is sent to the lists I'm subscribing to. I'm currently running Rawhide-19991117, Redhat 6.1, Debian 2.1, Suse 6.2 and Mandrake 6.1 on different computers and disks. Comments? Svante Signell
