Eugene Gorodinsky, 2009-11-20 02:01:19 +0200 : > There is a sort of oligopoly in linux because of package management. > There are several main distros which have a lot of package maintainers > and a lot of packages as a result of this. Smaller distros need to > choose between compatibility with existing packages and innovation > (whatever that may be)
[...] > A universal package format would benefit these distributions, since a > lot less resources would have to be spent in order to create a new > distribution. I've read that several times, but I still must be missing something. My impression is that your poins is essentially the following: 1. it's too much work for "small distros" to use any new format instead of one of the big established ones; 2. let's reduce the number of big established formats to one. If that's approximately correct, then aren't these points in contradiction? I think the choice of established formats actually benefits the "smaller distros" since they can pick the one more adapted to their needs. Interesting questions nevertheless :-) Roland. -- Roland Mas [...] ou une dent pourrie [...] -- in Variations sur un thème imposé -- Signatures à collectionner, série n°2, partie 2/3. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
