> If they keep it in its present state, there's no point in our > participating at all. However, if they make it a public repository > for all of the Linux packages that are in RPM form, which is what > I think they are planning, we should make our presence known. > > Bruce Why don't we make our own repository of packages for Red Hat of .rpm's that have been converted from our own .deb's (using Alien/Martian) and are known to install cleanly? I think the free software movement could benefit if we reduce the amount of duplication of effort involved in packaging for the two different systems. I'd be willing to do some converting and testing, since I'm going to try out Red Hat on one of my machines (just for curiosity -- I'm going to try FreeBSD too). I think I brought this topic up on debian-user before, but nobody else seemed all that interested. Of course, since it would probably be the Red Hat users that would be the primary beneficiaries, I'm not surprised. But I think it would be good for the Debian project. Cheers, - Jim
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