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Is RPM Doomed?

Posted by michael on from the apt-get-dist-upgrade dept.

Ladislav Bodnar writes "This is an opinion piece offering solutions for all the ills of the RPM Package Manager. It has been written with Slashdot in mind - it is a fairly controversial topic and I would like to hear the experiences and views of other users who have tried different package formats and different Linux distributions. The conclusions are pretty straightforward - either the big RPM-based distributions get together and develop a common standard or we will migrate to distributions offering more sophisticated and trouble-free package management. Note: the main server allows a maximum of 100 simultaneous connections. To limit the /. effect, here are two other mirrors: mirror-us and mirror-hu (the second one has larger fonts). Thanks in advance for publishing the story."

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  1. Solaris packaging by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Solaris pkg method is tight, easy to do and proven. Linux could definately use this. Die RPM Die.

  2. Talk about a gimmick by Anomolous+Cow+Herd · · Score: 1, Troll

    Compiling it from source is almost never different from just grabbing a binary package and installing it. If it wasn't already compiled with the appropriate GCC optimizations, chances are compiling in those optimizations now will just lead to random instability. It's just an excuse for dorks in their basement with more time than brains to feel good about their l337 lunix b0x3n.

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  3. Why the fuck we have to drag around libraries??? by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 0, Troll
    Libraries are the biggest stupidity since Windoze.

    It's just as st000p1d as the DLL crap with Windoze. You might have an excuse with proprietary software that's kit-bashed from different sources or of which you may want to update or patch a "feature", but with software of which you have the source, there is NO EXCUSE for that dependency crap.

    At least, that's one thing most Macintrash programs have right: no goddam fucking library/DLL dependencies. Everything is in one binary file!

    With the big disks we have nowadays and the high bandwidth, there is no reason why you should not be able to include the whole fucking shebang with the application, and keep it isolated (to prevent it from breaking other programs) on your system while you compile it.