[TriLUG] Sun's new "Big Bear" Cobalt LX50

[Thunder Bear]

On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 08:08, Rob Huffstedtler wrote:
> That's why we have the LSB.  I think the problem at this point is more
> perceived than real.  I am, however, looking forward to the day when the
> LSB decides to tackle package management.  Right now, that is the
> biggest outstanding difference between different distros.  Personally, I
> think we should steal the ports system from BSD and get rid of both rpm
> and apt.

OK but what about package management?

The ports system is neat, when it works.  But it is not a package
management system.  It's more of a build management system.  Try running
on non-Intel hardware and remain excited about ports.

To be honest I'm not sure the right solution exists yet.