Re: "apt" to eventaully replace "rpm"?

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On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, Andy Green wrote:

> Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> >   a book i'm reading contains the sentence:
> >
> > "It remains to be seen whether Apt will become the preferred tool for
> > package management for RPM users."
> >
> >   i was unaware that that was even a possibility.  is it?
>
> There is a port of apt that uses the rpm libs, so you couldn't get
> rid of rpm in a direct way like that, even though typing "apt" would
> replace typing "rpm".

yup, that part i knew.

> But your book is probably a bit out of date, ...

2007.

> yum definitely has "replaced" rpm in the "what you type" sense for
> most uses, even though it too has been using the rpm libs.  But it
> seems there is an intention to replace some or all of the rpm lib
> implementation with a python one, so it may go all the way.

i'm going to assume the author was being just a bit hyperbolic here,
then.

rday


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