Debian and RedHat people are working on the problem. They don't wish to publicize it until there is something tangible in place. Something about to many cooks in the kitchen I believe.
Cheers! Phil Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo wrote: > David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello, > > > > I was reading through the 0.1 written spec on www.linuxbase.org and > > came to the section talking about software installation. It stated > > that the current plan was to go with RPM as a package format. Those > > who didn't like that were to propose an alternative. > > > > Well, I'd like to propose an alternative. :) > > > > First off, I agree with standards specification. It's something that > > should be done so that commercial vendors and end users won't go nuts > > moving between distributions. But, I don't think it's necessary to specify > > everything. > > > > As for the package format specification, I'd like to propose that it > > be dropped. Instead, a common installed-software database and package > > naming scheme be proposed instead. This way, each distribution can keep > > the packaging system they like and we offer some level of compatibility > > between the distributions. > > > > I'd like to get a discussion about this going, so please followup. :) > > Also, I apologize if this has been discussed in great detail before. I'm > > still reading the list archives and haven't quite caught up yet. > > IIRC, the RedHat and Debian people are working on such a proposal (a > new common package format) privately. Unforunately, I'm not sure who > the mebers of this "packaging cabal" are, and I for one would like to > see them open this up a bit. > > -- > Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jakob.kaivo.net/ > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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