[AuckLUG] Fedora release

[Martin Bähr]

On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 08:07:54PM +1200, Michael J. Knox wrote:
> dependency hell == 1990 ;)

eh?

> I used the netinstall to install Fedora 7, worked a charm.

did you also try upgrade?

i was never happy with rpm. and i used it until 2000/2001
so rpm problems are certainly not 1990.

dependency hell may still be a thing of the past, as i stopped using rpm
before apt for rpm and yum etc came out. however, until now i have not
seen any report where someone was happier with rpm than with deb.
(reports from people who never used a deb based system don't count)

and if you follow the current development of rpm, it does not increase
my confidence in it at all. on the contrary.

don't get me wrong. i would love to see rpm tools improve and become equal to
deb tools in features and quality. i really hope that one day all major
distributions will use the same packaging format and tools. but for now
i don't see that happening. there is still to much room for improvement.

the rpath stuff looks promising btw.

as for choosing a distribution:
any distribution can be hit or miss.
making a successful install says nothing about the quality and stability
of the distribution as a whole. it only shows that the install works
(because that is usually well tested). the real truth only comes out
after longtime use and upgrades.

greetings, martin.
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