7 Dec
2003
7 Dec
'03
5:42 p.m.
On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 07:57:18AM +0530, Ramanraj K wrote:
Mahesh T. Pai wrote:
Users can get source packages in both RPM and Debian's dpkg system.
SRPMs give the sources, but then, can we not more directly distribute and use *tar or *bz2 released by major free software project teams?
The problem comes in making sure that every thing works with each other. There will be library dependencies, version mismatches and a host of other problems.
Maintaining a software distribution is a huge responsibility. It will also be a duplication of effort.
regards, pappu.