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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Smart Package Manager: a better mousetrap
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Smart is meant to unify all the independent and slightly different
>| schemes. It uses a package management model, but has the ability to
>| support competing package and repository formats. Smart can download
>| and install .deb, RPM, and Slackware packages from wherever it needs to,
>| but performs those downloads in a superior manner.
> `----
>
> http://applications.linux.com/applications/06/07/07/1612259.shtml?tid=47
This could have some very significant implications for package
management across different distros. If it really is as capable as is
being claimed, then it could be possible, not only to pull packages from
eg., multiple different debian-based distributions (as I can now), but
in fact, from pretty much any distribution based on debian, slack or
red-hat. Of course, this could open up a whole new can of
interoperability issues, but maybe that's no bad thing.
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
Why do seagulls live near the sea? 'Cause if they lived near the bay,
they'd be called baygulls.
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