1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
|
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Attention, please
</TITLE>
<LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" >
<LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Attention%2C%20please&In-Reply-To=%3C201102240153.54504.laidlaws%40hotkey.net.au%3E">
<META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow">
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<LINK REL="Previous" HREF="003752.html">
<LINK REL="Next" HREF="003758.html">
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Attention, please</H1>
<B>Doug Laidlaw</B>
<A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Attention%2C%20please&In-Reply-To=%3C201102240153.54504.laidlaws%40hotkey.net.au%3E"
TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Attention, please">laidlaws at hotkey.net.au
</A><BR>
<I>Wed Feb 23 15:53:54 CET 2011</I>
<P><UL>
<LI>Previous message: <A HREF="003752.html">[Mageia-discuss] Attention, please
</A></li>
<LI>Next message: <A HREF="003758.html">[Mageia-discuss] Attention, please
</A></li>
<LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B>
<a href="date.html#3755">[ date ]</a>
<a href="thread.html#3755">[ thread ]</a>
<a href="subject.html#3755">[ subject ]</a>
<a href="author.html#3755">[ author ]</a>
</LI>
</UL>
<HR>
<!--beginarticle-->
<PRE>On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:35:12 am André Machado wrote:
><i> We all know that, nowadays, Ubuntu is the distribution most widely used and
</I>><i> known worldwide. Many users are afraid to try other distros because they
</I>><i> are accustomed to Ubuntu and many remasters are Ubuntu or Debian based.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> We also know that RPM-based distros are not anything DEB-based distros and
</I>><i> often are more stable and faster. URPMI is incomparably superior to
</I>><i> apt-get.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> The four major community-driven RPM-based distros nowadays are: Mageia,
</I>><i> OpenSuse, Fedora and PCLinuxOS.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> All these distros can work together to promote the use of RPM distros and
</I>><i> help in their own developments.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Even though the development team mageia is busy with the roadmap of
</I>><i> development, I would propose the creation of...
</I>><i>
</I>><i> T H E [ R E D ] A L L I A N C E
</I>><i>
</I>><i> ... which would be a global network where developers and users of these
</I>><i> distributions could exchange knowledge and information and share resources
</I>><i> to assist in developing mutual their distros.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Today we know that a RPM developed for OpenSuse may not work properly in
</I>><i> Fedora. With the Red Alliance, we could create a common development basis,
</I>><i> through which could enhance the compatibility and interoperability of
</I>><i> programs developed for these distros with the establishment of common
</I>><i> guidelines and further increase market share and convince users that they
</I>><i> will feel at home.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> The goal is not to merge all the distros, but work together. The idea
</I>><i> should be further developed, but this seems an appropriate way.
</I>><i>
</I>
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."
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.
Who will bell the cat? I am afraid that if you want this Alliance, you will
need to be its driving force. And you will need to define much more precisely
what your aims are.
Doug.
</PRE>
<!--endarticle-->
<HR>
<P><UL>
<!--threads-->
<LI>Previous message: <A HREF="003752.html">[Mageia-discuss] Attention, please
</A></li>
<LI>Next message: <A HREF="003758.html">[Mageia-discuss] Attention, please
</A></li>
<LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B>
<a href="date.html#3755">[ date ]</a>
<a href="thread.html#3755">[ thread ]</a>
<a href="subject.html#3755">[ subject ]</a>
<a href="author.html#3755">[ author ]</a>
</LI>
</UL>
<hr>
<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss
mailing list</a><br>
</body></html>
|
