[maemo-developers] RPM vs. Deb (was Re: MeeGo)

[From: Jean-Christian de Rivaz]

Michael Cronenworth a écrit :
> Thomas Tanner wrote:
>> I don't want a platform that is merely a Qt runtime enviroment (Symbian
>> would be sufficient) but one which also offers me easy access to the
>> complete GNU/Linux software world.
>> Debian based distributions have offered working ARM ports for years
>> but Fedora does not. Porting Moblin/Fedora to ARM would be lots
>> of duplicated effort, using Maemo/Debian on X86 or ARM is for free.
> 
> Thomas, you're getting all upset over nothing. The fact that RPM will 
> now be used is nothing more than politics. No features will be lost. No 
> amount of whining to this list will change what is already in motion.
> 
> 
> *cough* http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM *cough*
> 
> I don't see any value in this continued discussion of RPM vs. Deb.

Because you don't see any value into the hug advance Debian have in both 
infrastructure and quality to manage multiple architectures. There is no 
comparable effort in others distributions like Debian have proved to 
develop a multiarch distribution. Multiarch will probably start to be 
usable sometime after the next Debian release and this will greatly 
impact the way embedded systems will be build.

Using obscure politic decision vs recognize the technical merit and 
effort should be added on top of the "How to destroy a community" list.

Regards,

Jean-Christian de Rivaz