On 12/05/2007 03:10 PM, Alex Lancaster wrote: >>>>>> "ZP" == Zdenek Prikryl writes: > > ZP> Hello, I would like to ask you, why was a package "alien" removed > ZP> from RH distros? Alien is a program that converts between the > ZP> rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, and slackware tgz file > ZP> formats. (http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/alien/) > > I think it was removed a long time ago before Fedora (I think maybe > back in the Red Hat 8 or 9 days, perhaps?), it's not even listed as > orphaned in the PackageDB: > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/alien > > gives a 404. > > There's no reason it couldn't be readded, AFAICT, if you wanted to > become a contributor to the Fedora package collection: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join > > Alex > Last time included in RH, was EL 2.1 http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=alien&submit=Search+... PLD and OpenSuSE have RPMs, TurboLinux also. If someone wants to include alien, PLD specfile might be a good starting point... -of -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
