Re: freshmeat repository

1998-04-28 Thread Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131
>> >> >From freshmeat page: >> >> -- >> >> freshmeat RPM repository >> >> As you might already know, freshmeat tries to keep up with >> >> the latest software releases and builds RPM packages for >> >> them. All this work is done by Obituary, feel free to mail him >> >> questions or comment

Re: freshmeat repository

1998-04-28 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 09:41:58PM -0500, Petra wrote: > > No, it's just that rpm is prevalent. There are at least 2 or 3 other > > distributions that use it. > > As I understand it, Dpkg and the deb format where "a day late and a > dollar short" meaning that it hit the masses just a little to la

Re: freshmeat repository

1998-04-28 Thread Petra
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Stuart Krivis wrote: > On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Kevin Traas wrote: > > > While I'm still running Debian (for years - and on dozens of machines), I've > > long considered switching to RedHat for the simple reason that RPM's seem to > > be more r

Re: freshmeat repository

1998-04-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 02:29:51PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > No, I wasnt saying to convert debian to rpm, I was saying to offer debian > packages in rpm format so someone with a readhat system could install some > of them. > > Example, Red Hat has no well-configured smail, cnews, nntp, uucp.

Re: freshmeat repository

1998-04-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 11:21:28AM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > would be interesting is converting Debian packages to rpm's with a .dpm > extention. Debian's stuff integrates so well and the default Hmmm -- if the packages aren't interoperable, despite the common format, what would be the point

Re: freshmeat repository

1998-04-27 Thread Stuart Krivis
On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Kevin Traas wrote: > While I'm still running Debian (for years - and on dozens of machines), I've > long considered switching to RedHat for the simple reason that RPM's seem to > be more readily available (leading to the (possibly) mistaken view that > RedHat is the more preva

Re: freshmeat repository

1998-04-27 Thread Kevin Traas
>> >From freshmeat page: >> -- >> freshmeat RPM repository >> As you might already know, freshmeat tries to keep up with >> the latest software releases and builds RPM packages for >> them. All this work is done by Obituary, feel free to mail him >> questions or comments. A change invented

Re: freshmeat repository

1998-04-22 Thread Joost Kooij
On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Aria Prima Novianto wrote: > >From freshmeat page: > -- > freshmeat RPM repository > As you might already know, freshmeat tries to keep up with > the latest software releases and builds RPM packages for > them. All this work is done by Obituary, feel free to mail him >