Red Hat End-of-Life

[Randy Edwards]

> Seriously though, I think it's the right decision for them.

    I'm sure they've given it a lot of thought but I don't know; I wouldn't be 
surprised to see it eventually modified, either by a straight reversal or a 
change in release schedules.  If it sticks it will definitely delineate a 
historical change in the way commercial Linux distros do things.

> <RANT=HIGH>

    Oh, did I strike a nerve? :-)

> APT IS NOT A PACKAGE MANAGEMENT TOOL!!!

    Aww, com'on, I was using the term "package management" generically.  If we 
want to get that picky, I'd point out that there's no real such thing as "apt" 
(see "man apt").

> Now, compare dpkg to rpm.  Which one of those do you prefer?

    Despite some of rpm's nice features, until it gets the level of scripting 
that the deb format offers and a concept of remove and purge, I prefer dpkg.

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