This is a "Which tool is better?" question. You will get different answers from different people depending on perspective.
For Red Hat systems, I would always choose RPM even if I had to make it. It is a very nice database that will tell you a lot of information. Any choice you make, you will have to learn that tool. I think some people avoid it because they either don't want to use it, don't trust it, or other methods fit their needs better (like trying to update multiple platforms with a consistent method). I am not convinced that RH RPM support for security fixes or application updates will go away. Fedora is still the RH engineering team. They will embrace methods other than RPM (like yum) but they will still support RPM. RH may not officially release the RPMs but Fedora may or RH may just release them without knowledge-base support. Support means more than RPM updates. I don't think they are willing to send the message to the world that they will not support what they have created. This is conjecture on my part. But if I were a paying customer and I saw that happen, I would probably look for another distro. --Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 4:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] CPAN or RPM's? > > > I reached that conclusion based on a posting on this site > yesterday. It's a surprise and frankly I find it hard to believe.. > > ANYWAY.. we are completely focused on the wrong part of my > question which is CPAN verses RPMs. > > Let's not worry about RH EOL and look at the main question of > my initial post. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Milnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:43 PM > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] CPAN or RPM's? > > > > I don't know how you arrive at that conclusion, versions > prior to 7.1 > > have reached end of life. RH states that there will be no errata > > released for those versions. > > > > http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/archives/ > > > > They also state that versions up to 9 will reach end of life at the > > end of this year, I didn't see anything that indicates the > end of life > > means continuing support: > > > > http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/ > > > > I have seen no announcements for a new free RedHat release, > in fact it > > has been quite the opposite. > > > > tm > > > > Bill Polhemus wrote: > > > I think this thing about RH "dropping" their boxed sets is really, > really > > > overblown. They will continue to make updates available, and they > > > will release new distributions. You just won't be buying them in > > > stores. > > > > > > William L. Polhemus, Jr. P.E. > > > Polhemus Engineering Company > > > Katy, Texas USA > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > Chris > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:37 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [SAtalk] CPAN or RPM's? > > > > > > Bearing in mind the comments on > > > whether or not RH will release another non-commerical version, I'm > wondering > > > if sticking with the CPAN installation is a better idea > than pulling > > > everything out and going back to compiling my own RPM and > installing > that > > > way. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > > > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. 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