Forget about that message I sent. I'm sorry for the wasted time and
bandwidth. I'll get to work on contributing RPM's to Mandrake
(actually, I have already).
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Matt Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Web site: http://www.crosswinds.net/~mattcamp/
ICQ #: 33005941
I don't work for Mandrake, this is just my $0.02...
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Matthew Campbell wrote:
> 1. Why do all Mandrake RPM's have "mdk" in the release number?
Why not? It certainly helps when using rpmfind.net to see which packages
are "Mandrake native", so to speak. Since there's absolut
> practices
>
>
> 1. Why do all Mandrake RPM's have "mdk" in the release number?
>
to make it known that it is a Mandrake RPM i guess ;)
actually this does not cause problems RH will happily accept them.
> 2. I know that the files in source RPM's are recompressed using bzip2
> in order
> I guess what I don't like about these things is that they're
> deviations from standard package building practices and the standard
> version of RPM. Mandrake and Red Hat can compete in areas like
> installation and the user interface, but I think cooperation is
> important in the area of softw
1. Why do all Mandrake RPM's have "mdk" in the release number?
2. I know that the files in source RPM's are recompressed using bzip2
in order to save space. However, I've read that one of the main
concepts of RPM is "pristine source"; that is, in the source RPM we
include the source exactly as