On Sunday 10 May 2009, Tom Horsley wrote: >On Sun, 10 May 2009 00:53:52 -0400 > >Gene Heskett wrote: >> That leaves both of us in the dark calling each other less than >> experts. And that isn't pretty to the bystanders. > >All I know about making rpms is that I searched the web for >simple instructions and found a link to a guide all kinds of >different pages pointed at as the simplest possible intro >document for building an rpm: It was a 97 page long pdf file. >I ran screaming into the night :-). I ran for the fridge, then bed, life is too short as it is. >There was also my 2nd hand experience at work. The guys who >do the packaging of our software were filled with dread at >the prospect of making .deb packages, because they knew how >long they fought with rpm to get all the fiddling details >right. > >With grim determination in their eyes they marched off to do >battle with the .deb packaging tools, then with amazement, >they emerged from their cubicles, having gotten the .deb >building down pat in a couple of hours. > >I can only conclude there is something fundamentally wrong >with the simplicity factor in rpms :-). +100, Tom -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Two wrights don't make a rong, they make an airplane. Or bicycles. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
