A week or so old news but I saw it now... <http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2011.0_specs_proposal#Swith_to_rpm5> <http://ostatic.com/blog/whats-coming-in-mandriva-2011> <http://proyvind.net/wordpress/?p=71>
Citing proyvind from last link: "...I think we will end up being able to be the awesome alternative in the forked world, hoping for interest of other distros, actively inviting their participation and offering to help merge,..." There are also other goodies in the middle link i hope we can coopreate with them on.
