Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 08:29:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT 55-174 DOT hy DOT cgocable DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: OpenDOS distribution
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On Sun, 4 May 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> Since OD is being distributed on the net now, I think that a
> slightly different "package" format might be more appropriate.
> Since not everyone wants/needs everything that is in OD, I think
> it might be beneficial to create "packages" such like Slackware
> does, or other distributions of Linux.  This way one could
> download:

An excellent idea! I think we should use the RPM system, it has already
proven to be portable (there is versions for Amiga and Atari, among
others, not only on Un*x, but on other OSes too) and is very good! And
using the rpmlib, you can make applications that has RPM capabilities
(i.e., a menued package manager)...

Pierre Phaneuf