On Monday 12 August 2002 09:04 pm, Austin Acton wrote:
> Thanks for your support.
> You have good ideas, but some of them won't fly.
>
> We NEED rpm to keep things uniform.  Easy to upgrade, easy to replace,
> (not-so)easy to build, and the same for every package.  Seriously.  If
> there is ANYTHING that linux needs to survive it's a bit of
> standardization (even WITHIN each distro).  Having two package systems
> could be a nightmare.

Are there any official specifications for Mandrake-compatible RPMs?  I wanted 
to make some once (Club, etc.), but the only thing I could find was the 
Mandrake RPM howto which seemed fairly vague and outdated.  Is anyone 
planning on updating that?
-- 
-- Igor

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