[Mageia-discuss] Attention, please

Wed Feb 23 16:23:45 CET 2011

Le jeudi 24 février 2011 à 01:53 +1100, Doug Laidlaw a écrit :
+> On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:35:12 am André Machado wrote:
+> > We all know that, nowadays, Ubuntu is the distribution most widely used and
+> > known worldwide. Many users are afraid to try other distros because they
+> > are accustomed to Ubuntu and many remasters are Ubuntu or Debian based.
+> > 
+> > We also know that RPM-based distros are not anything DEB-based distros and
+> > often are more stable and faster. URPMI is incomparably superior to
+> > apt-get.
+> > 
+> > The four major community-driven RPM-based distros nowadays are: Mageia,
+> > OpenSuse, Fedora and PCLinuxOS.
+> > 
+> > All these distros can work together to promote the use of RPM distros and
+> > help in their own developments.
+> > 
+> > Even though the development team mageia is busy with the roadmap of
+> > development, I would propose the creation of...
+> > 
+> >           T H E [ R E D ] A L L I A N C E
+> > 
+> > ... which would be a global network where developers and users of these
+> > distributions could exchange knowledge and information and share resources
+> > to assist in developing mutual their distros.
+> > 
+> > Today we know that a RPM developed for OpenSuse may not work properly in
+> > Fedora. With the Red Alliance, we could create a common development basis,
+> > through which could enhance the compatibility and interoperability of
+> > programs developed for these distros with the establishment of common
+> > guidelines and further increase market share and convince users that they
+> > will feel at home.
+> > 
+> > The goal is not to merge all the distros, but work together. The idea
+> > should be further developed, but this seems an appropriate way.
+> > 
+> 
+> Standardisation is a good thing.  I have an app with a spec file for Suse.  I 
+> gave up trying to modify it for Mandriva.  Quite apart from standardisation 
+> however, there are packages in one distro with a different name from another.  
+> I would like to see a switch added to the rpm command to tell it: "This 
+> package of mine fits that dependency you asked for."
+
+You mean like adding a "Provides:" tag to a package ?
+
+> A tarball I tried to compile recently (brand new on Freshmeat) specified 
+> dependencies older than what I had installed.  What I had didn't match.  That 
+> may be sloppy coding.  An "or newer" spec would have fixed it.
+
+Since this is a tarball, no, that just coding. And either the coder was
+sloppy, or the strict version check was required because of upstream
+change. In any case, a rpm would not solve this.
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+