Eugene Gorodinsky <e.gorodin...@gmail.com> writes: > No, on the contrary, I'm suggesting to have an additional format for > software that is not system-specific and leaving the system-specific > formats to do what they were designed for (i.e. manage system packages) > rather than reducing the number of formats.
I don't believe the distinction that you're apparently drawing between system and non-system packages really exists in any meaningful way. The dpkg format is well-suited for managing any software that one would like to install on the system, and I suspect Red Hat users would say the same thing about RPM. Both of them are general package formats with a slightly different mix of features and tradeoffs. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
