[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: Re: you or redhat? > Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 23:09:47 +0100 > From: "Oliver Elphick" <[email protected]> > To: Ken Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [email protected] > >
<SNIP> > Debian's: > largest number of own packages > very well tested > very easy to upgrade software > dependency checking protects against missing libraries or incompatible > versions > largest number of developers and testers > can install rpm as well as its own format A serious difference between redhat 5.0's rpms and debian is that dselect tells you about conflicts and dependencies *before* it connects to the FTP site (if that is the method you're using) to download. rpm packages don't tell you about dependencies and conflicts until *after* it's attempted to install. In my opinion, that makes the debian package installer a lot easier to use. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
