[cutted] >In my opinion, the requirements should be: >1) That any package can be unpacked without using a specific package >manager (even if some). It is Ok to require GNU tools for that, such as >gzip. >2) That any package can be identified as belonging to a specific >distribution or as cross-disribution package without using a specific >package manager. [cutted]
I'm fully with you! IMO the actual practice for the shipment of packages as *.tar.gz or *.tar.bz2 is better than using *.spm or *.rpm. bye Martin Sejkora
