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.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com




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