[maemo-developers] RPM Vs. Deb (Was Re: MeeGo)

[From: Fathi Boudra]

That's pure speculation but it's the only rationale I found so far
about the rpm choice.

Quoting from a lwn.net comment:

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reference: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2068665492.html:
Hohndel was quoted as saying that the move to Fedora was largely a
"technical decision based on the desire to adopt RPM (Red Hat Package
Manager) for package management" instead of Ubuntu's Debian DEB
extension. RPM offers the advantage of containing license information,
Hohndel was said to have noted, thereby enabling developers to create
collections of software by license type or exclude software by license
type.
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reference: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nj...
"One of the examples cited by Dirk was the ability for RPMs to easily
identify the license of packages and being able to build an environment
including or excluding a particular license type."
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Cheers,

Fathi