[maemo-developers] MeeGo

[From: Jeremiah Foster]

On Feb 16, 2010, at 5:18 PM, Pavel Rojtberg wrote:

> Am 16.02.2010 14:36, schrieb Jeremiah Foster:
>> 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. :)
> actually I only care what the MeeGo version will use that is supposed to run on future Nokia handhelds. The LSB is free to recommend whatever they want - and as others pointed already out the standard does not say your distribution has to be RPM based ;)

No, but the LSB said you have to support installing from rpm and building rpms is the shortest path to doing that. 

>> 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.
> Chrome OS is Ubuntu based, which is from the technical POV a very good decision - but you can expect that from Google.

Wow, cool. Didn't know that.
> 
>> Frankly, it is suicide not to switch to rpm.
> please explain that.

Simply because I don't think most people care - they just want it to work. And many will just go ahead and make rpms and be done with it. Meanwhile you'll have to spend time trying to convince people not to, and this seems like a waste. You're just discussing what color to paint the bike shed, and while this is a popular pastime, it is kinda unproductive.

> I used this phrase as switching to rpm means working against Google and Canonical, which on their own have a much better expertise than either Nokia or Intel.
> 
> I think I will start a wiki page and a brainstorm vote, for keeping DEBs and to collect arguments pro/ contra.

Good idea. 


Jeremiah
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