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RPM Package Manager

Posted by Hemos on from the making-things-easier dept.

Things have changed quite a bit since we last posted about the state of Linux Package Management. Over the few months ago, we saw the Connectiva release, which was a RPM front-end to apt-get [?] . Now, for those of you running RH6.x, there are a new program called Aduva Manager. It's kinda like using apt-get update/apt-get dist-upgrade, but checks dependecies and such for RH6.x based systems. They've got screenshots as well as a FAQ/download site. It's designed more for new users, but it looks like a step in the right direction for RPM.

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  1. Licensing by egon · · Score: 5

    Did anybody see the licensing on this? Read on...

    12. Access to the ADUVA Server

    Aduva provides at present free of charge access to the ADUVA Server and to the
    ADUVA KNOWLEDGE BASE. Aduva may charge in the future for access to the ADUVA
    Server and/or the ADUVA KNOWLEDGE BASE. The information and/or any other data
    received from the ADUVA Server is the sole property of Aduva and is protected
    by copyright and other rights.

    I wonder if they have a privacy policy...
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  2. What all Linux Package Managers Lack... by uslinux.net · · Score: 5

    Unfortunately, all the Linux package managers (apt/dpkg, rpm, etc) lack one vital feature that all the big guys (IBM, Sun, HP) have included for years - the ability to install, but not commit a package.

    One of the things "enterprise" Unices have is the ability to upgrade a package, while the system backs up your old package. If the package upgrade breaks something, it's simple to roll back to the prior state. If everything goes OK, it can be run through it's paces for a while, and then eventually "committed", whereby the old information is deleted.

    Until some flavor of Linux adds this to their package management, Linux WILL NEVER be able to take over the corporate world (yeah, there's a lot of other things it needs to, like 32-bit UIDs and a journaling filesystem, but at least they're on their way).

  3. Skinnable? *sigh* by TrentC · · Score: 5

    It will be skinnable in newer versions

    I really hope that by "skinnable" you mean that it will use the widget set that your window manager & desktop environment provides, or at the very least provide that as an option.

    That last thing in the world we need are 500 "desktop-ready" applications, each with their own skin format. I already use four different applications that have separate theme formats: XMMS, Nautilus, Mozilla and gkrellm. Combined with GTK and Sawmill, that's 6 different theme formats I have to keep track of. (Well, that's kind of a lie; I have Mozilla installed so I can use Galeon...)

    I don't need a themeable package manager, ICQ client, mailreader, image editor, web server, and SETI@Home client. Desktop environments provide those widget sets for a reason...

    Jay (=