Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Apr 1999 13:26:48 -0700 (PDT) | From | Landon Fuller <> | Subject | RE: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes |
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Stupidity? Hardly. RPM is a technically inferior package format, and one that I refuse to support. I myself am a debian user, and I do not except anything central to the Linux OS to be distributed in the debian package format. In fact, I prefer it not be distributed in any format other than a tar'd, gzip'd file. To expect people to keep up with a silly package format is absurd. I would hope you would see that. There is nothing in a RPM that can't be done with a little scripting, and if you want things automated, then feel free to do just that. However, if you decide you want RPMs, you make damn well sure to include slackware packages, debian packages, and whatever the fuck else all the myriad of distributions use, because favoring one distribution over another is just going to screw us all in the long run.
Most respectfully, Landon Fuller On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
> Hi Alex. > > >> You just need to install the "rpm" commmand, in the same manner > >> that you need to install "tar" and "gunzip" to deal with .tar.gz > >> archives. > > > I am not prepared to do that. I will not fill up my system with > > little used junk. This is my last word on the subject, rest > > assured that I will never use RPM. Ever. > > Your choice, just don't blame everyone else for your stupidity. > > Best wishes from Riley. > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux | > | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, | > | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone | > | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. | > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > * ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux > * http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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