Fwd: First stable of Mageia is out!

[Sadiq Saif]

Thanks for the link, and to Lennart for clearing that up.

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Sadiq Saif <sadiq-KzRxrKfdH+/c+919tysfdA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I'm not sure what you mean by a RPM system being incompatible
>
> Well, rpm corresponds to dpkg, but that's only providing coverage of
> the shallowest part of "package management," namely:
>  - Building a package, and
>  - Installing it.
>
> The tooling that surrounds dpkg goes *WAY* further than that.  See
> <http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/>
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