starting Fedora Server SIG
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu Nov 13 00:42:49 UTC 2008
Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What does that mean for distributions that don't use RPM?
>
> Is a Fedora mailinglist really the best place to have an informed
> discussion on how non-RPM based distros deal with the requirements of
> the LSB? The fact that you are asking this question may indicate that
> this is a very good time to perhaps stop talking and to take a step
> back to do a baseline assessment concerning what the LSB actually
> mandates.
>
> -jef"
> http://packages.debian.org/etch/lsb-core
> depends on: http://packages.debian.org/etch/alien
> depends on: http://packages.debian.org/etch/rpm
> "spaleta
>
According to this,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Standard_Base#Criticism
debian might not be the best place either. If it has to install rpms it
already misses the point of being distribution-agnostic.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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