Les Mikesell wrote:
No, but you can - and do - make it difficult for 3rd party packagers to
build RPMs that work across multiple distros/versions, and for users to
install such packages. It is silly if you don't see that, or that Red
Hat doesn't care if fedora alienates the potential users of RPM and
'system-config-xxx' based distributions.
In this case, the packager is deliberately overriding the dependency
mechanism and not using file based dependencies that make it work across
the distribution. There is really no excuse for not using the tools
provided. VMWare packaging is just broken and suggestions on what they
should do should be taken to them. Not here. Save yourself the trouble.
Also read the distrowatch FAQ while you are at it that explains how
unimportant it is. If you really believe the top most distribution in
that list is the most popular globally, good luck.
Where can I find better metrics?
The usual method used by research firms is to track revenue but that
covers only commercial distributions. RHEL has a known majority market
share there and none of the commercial distributions would ever show up
very high on the distrowatch stats. You can't find any good metrics on
usage of non commercial or free distributions. Fedora uses Smolt. Refer
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Statistics
Other distributions are beginning to adopt it. If it gets integrated
better, it could provide more useful metrics for more distributions.
Without invasive techniques likely compulsory registration or automatic
phoning home options, the metrics are bound to be inherently fuzzy
however. Some details on that at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Metrics
Rahul
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