On 11/25/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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? > > rday > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry > Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > http://crashcourse.ca > ======================================================================== > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > this men really doesn't know yum/rpm. 1) yum can be compared with apt 2) rpm can be compared with dpkg difference: rpm use different dependency resolution system than dpkg. it's slower but much secure. yum should resolve much more dependecies than apt. then: yum doesn't really _slower_ than apt. man yum about -C key. yum has very powerful keys that discard prospective apt speed advantage. apt isn't easier than yum. really. many people already know apt, and they don't want to undrestand yum logic, then they say that 'apt easier' if you use fedora - learn fedoras power. don't try to think that if you know *buntu/debian you know fedora. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
