[maemo-developers] MeeGo

[From: Jeremiah Foster]

On Feb 16, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Pavel Rojtberg wrote:

> Am 16.02.2010 10:16, schrieb Jeremiah Foster:
>> Intel and Nokia do not care about the implementation of the package system, they just want revenue from app stores. The upshot from all of this is that we are stuck with RPM, there is no going back, and technical merits or even perceived technical merits do not matter.
> I would disagree that we are stuck with RPM. As Quim Gil posted today Harmattan will be already called MeeGo, but still use DEB. Frankly anything else would be lunatic of them from a technical POV.
> So I think if we as a community can create enough pressure for DEB, we can maybe keep it - there is one development cycle of time ;)

I highly doubt the Linux Foundation is going to go back on the Linux Standards Base and use .debs, but I do like your optimism. :)

> My point for doing so is that switching from DEB to RPM means trashing the last 5 years of experience with this format/ the build     environment, which is a kind of a pointless rewrite.  Besides there is currently a large momentum behind it (Ubuntu, Chrome OS). Working against it is suicide ;)


I think Chrome OS is also rpm based, and I also don't think Chrome OS gets a lot of downloads, at least compared to Ubuntu.

Frankly, it is suicide not to switch to rpm. And I have much more to lose with the transition than you! :)

Jeremiah (current maemo debmaster)


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