[NTLUG:Discuss] Bob Young's Statement to Slashdot

[A.L.Lambert]

> I am not a packager, so once again, I may be wrong.
> 	From what I understand, deb's will allow running of scripts
> before install to shut down services, and after to re-start them. It
> also has a inteligent way of comparing the config files to determine
> if it needs to ask you which version of the files you want to keep if
> they are different.  I am sure rpm's do some of the same, but I
> understand that debs do a better job.

	Yeah, that's all stuff you can easily do with RPM's if you know
the bare basics of shell scripting, and actually read the documentation on
what all the *.spec file syntax can do.  It's like anything else I
suppose; it's all easy if you know how to do it. :)

> 	Read a review of packaging practices at :
> http://www.advogato.org/article/169.html It doesnt technically support
> Debian, but it does say that its packaging system is quite good.
<SNIP>

	Thanks for the link.  
	
-- A.L.Lambert