RE: Gnome/Linux Application Installer

["Fox, Kevin M" <kmfox bhi010 bhi-erc com>]

How closely do DEBS and RPMS match?
I have a program called Alien that converts between the two. As long as they
are basicly the same thing both should work.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mark Galassi [SMTP:rosalia@cygnus.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, December 23, 1998 9:51 AM
> To:	Jason Tackaberry
> Subject:	Re: Gnome/Linux Application Installer
> 
> 
>     Jason> If some standard isn't decided on, I can see software
>     Jason> developers eventually writing their own little install
>     Jason> utilities.  (We are beginning to see this with things like
>     Jason> StarOffice and WP8.)  Instead of making the same mistake
>     Jason> Windows apps do (duplicating the damn InstallShield for
>     Jason> every application), we should have _one_ copy of the
>     Jason> installer/uninstall program that handles a common format.
> 
>     Jason> Comments/opinions?
> 
> Isn't the issue really one of RPM/dpkg convergence?
> 
> 
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