On 24.03.2017 10:35, nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > > IPS is a tweak on rpm. I suspect a mostly overengineered one, SUN had > massive ego problems and looked down on Linux systems. So they could > not just adopt rpm, they had to change it sufficiently to one up > Linux peasants (many of the original IP packages are based on an > import of Fedora rpm specs, with customizations like facets added > in) Why would Solaris switch to rpm, when they already had SysV packages at the time, which are pretty much equivalent in functionality? _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
