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I'm not sure I totally understood this and it's probably because I know absolutely nothing about dpkg or rpm for that matter as to how they work. I wonder how these will tie into the current operation of setup. Are each of these essentially a replacement for tar and how do they control the dependencies and packaging. Take for example the way I sometimes use setup to update my packages. Because of a slow internet connection via phone line I might use setup to download 3 or 4 packages one night and then download 3 or 4 more the next night as opposed to trying to install all of them from the internet in one night. After I get all the packages I want then I will run setup and perform the install from local directory and install all the packages I previously downloaded. I would not expect the download to really control anything based on the categories and dependencies although the ability to select the packages based on the appropriate criteria would be a nice touch. I sort of thought of the dependencies and categories as an aid in allowing setup to select the appropriate packages for download and then later for install. How does the above scenario tie in with using dpkg or rpm.
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