I seem to be somewhat alone in that I *LIKE* the *.lrp packaging;
there is only one change I would make: rename the files from *.lrp to
*.tgz. This adds the ability to know what the file format is, and
allows Windows hosts to decipher the file automatically.
However, there is support for unpacking RPM and DEB files within
busybox; I haven't played with them yet, but perhaps a new
distribution might find a need for them.
I don't know about Debian packages, but RPMs are very nice for a full
system, work fast, upgrade well, have dependency checking..... and
also a huge database, lots of CPU overhead, and aren't usable with
generic UNIX utilities like tar, gzip, and cpio...
Debian probably has a similar problem, yet I don't like their dpkg
hardly at all.
I've also used Unixware packages and HP-UX depots; none of them share
the fundamental simplicity that the *.tar.gz file for LRP supports.
UNIX originally did EVERYTHING in files; I understand that Plan 9 (an
AT&T post-UNIX OS development) goes even FARTHER with this idea. Why
not use it in our packaging?
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