> AFAIK, rpm has already forked. Last time I checked, SuSE uses a > modified version of rpm v3.x in their latest version. I don't know if > Red Hat and SuSE rpms will every converge again. I have no idea what > version of rpm Connectiva, Caldera, and Turbolinux use, but it is likely > to be the SuSE version because of UnitedLinux. I also don't know about > Mandrake or other RPM based distros. But, none of this is of any > concern as far as yum and Red Hat goes. well if I were going to think of any rpm repackaging as a fork I'd think of openpkg - its rpm - and it's rpm for some non-linux platforms and it seems like a cool project. -sv
