Comment Caldera vs. Debian (Score 1) 28
I have no intention of starting a flamewar, but it's exactly this type of holier-than-thou attitude that keeps the majority of the Linux
distributions from converting to dpkg. Caldera VERY seriously considered switching to dpkg several times, but members of the Debian project
have historically been too inflexible in their
release schedules for a downstream vendor to
count on making their own targeted ship dates.
This inflexibility is done in the name of technical excellence, and maybe it achieves that goal (excepting of course for dselect - sorry, couldn't help it :) I'm sure that Debian is an excellent distribution. However, their desire for purity conflicts with the type of pragmatism that is essential to running a distribution company as a business. Different strokes for different folks.
If you want you can add the features that you like in dpkg to RPM if you want. Then the vast majority of Linux users could benefit from them.
Tim Bird
distributions from converting to dpkg. Caldera VERY seriously considered switching to dpkg several times, but members of the Debian project
have historically been too inflexible in their
release schedules for a downstream vendor to
count on making their own targeted ship dates.
This inflexibility is done in the name of technical excellence, and maybe it achieves that goal (excepting of course for dselect - sorry, couldn't help it
If you want you can add the features that you like in dpkg to RPM if you want. Then the vast majority of Linux users could benefit from them.
Tim Bird
