Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Apr 1999 15:07:09 +0200 (MET DST) | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | RE: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes |
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On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Greaves Tristan TM wrote:
> Alex, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alex Buell [mailto:alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk] > > Sent: Monday, April 05, 1999 11:27 AM > > To: Chris Ricker > > Cc: Linux kernel > > Subject: Re: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes > > > Furthermore, essential files that are meant to be part of > > Linux shouldn't be distributed in a format proprietary to RedHat. It's > fine > > if they use RPM on their distributions but DO NOT LOCK the rest of us > > OUT! > > It's not a proprietary format. It's Open Source. Anyone can download the > source and play with it in the usual manner. > > 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. > > It's hardly evil.
Nope it isn't. But a base-install of most distributions doesn't contain the rpm-command. But it DOES contain tar, gzip, etc. Right?
It's a silly argument, really, I think. Everyone knows what a .tar.gz archieve is, thus it'd be most convenient to use that format.
RPM is a nice package-standard, but so is the debian package-system, etc.
Oh well. I hope this won't turn into the same kind of argument that the RMS-thingie (I won't blame any particular person here, though, I just think it's gone far beyond what's really sane...)
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