>As a Linux user I would be more than happy to see this happen. RPM is a
>great tool that makes installing and maintaining a linux box
>very easy.
That's the goal ...
>My +1 on that, my only wish/concern is related with the
>locations of the
>files ( I have a very strong preference to /opt - it allows multiple
>versions of the same program, etc )
/opt is reserved ReadOnly on many systems. Debian boys told me that
packages should go to /var/xxxxx and java stuff /usr/share/java .
Java software on Linux is not really standard now.
>> * Another proposal is to include a rpm.tar.gz in project
>containing the
>> .spec file, the init, logrotate
>> and eventual patches. bref all the files needed to rebuild the RPM.
>
>What is the .tar.gz and where do you plan to include it ? ( in tomcat3
>there are already .spec files in jakarta-tomcat/src/build ( and also
>.pkginfo ) )
The .spec file included is a little outdated (date from TC 3.1 I think)
The others stuff is logrotate and init stuff. Usefull things when in
productions ;-)
