On Mon December 15 2008 4:04:28 pm Christopher A. Williams wrote: > No. What I'm saying is that the RPM versions are going away, > probably after this next release or so. VMware wants to move > to a common installer between Debian and RPM (and others) > based distros. My own philosophical issue with this decision > is, allegorically speaking, their solution to dealing with 3 > different package installation methods has been > (unfortunately) to add a fourth. > > That said, the .bundle installer works pretty well and > automates lots of things, but it violates the sanctity of the > built-in package management tools. That's not a very good > thing to do in an RPM (or Debian) based distro. > > During the 2.0 betas, they all but scuttled the RPMs because > they wanted people to start using the .bundle installer. So it > still should work for now, but you should plan for that the > .bundle installer will be the way forward in the future. > > I'm holding out that future capabilities in Package Kit might > help alleviate this. We'll see... ah...well, this may be the excuse I need to really start investigating the linux based alternatives - my needs are rather small in the great scheme of things - I can run Word natively now, which is one reason I used to want a Windows VM; unfortunately, connecting to a Win2008 Exchange Server is not working except through IMAP, which isn't available in my environment; most of my other needs are purely of a hobbyist nature - thanks for the explanation -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
