A recent linux journal article postulated that writing custom package descriptions was easier in gentoo than in other packaging systems. ie it agreed with you that it is easier to write an ebuild than a rpm spec file or the debian equivalent. I agree too, because it just is easier & simpler IMHO. spec files are awful!
On Sun, 22 May 2005 22:28:23 -0400 (EDT) Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > My 2 cents worth. I used RPM for a long time, went to Gentoo about three > years ago. This year I had to start using FC2 and FC3. I've been trying > to use apt-get and looked at yum. Both of those made me appreciate how > good portage is and how many packages we have available. Frankly both > apt-get and yum are essentially useless <G>. I found apt-get doesn't do > much with source except download it and then you have to do everything > yourself. In addition it seemed like the packages apt-get could find were > limited - it's as if the repostiories aren't that great - and I had some > of the major ones listed. But whenever I wanted to get a package they > didn't have it! To be fair, thats not the fault of apt-get or yum, its the fault of the package repositories, or lack of content therein. > > I used to write RPM spec files and put the packages together and believe > me Portage ebuilds are so nice! > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
