On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 16:10 -0500, Satish Balay wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Mike Fedyk wrote: > <snip yum flamebits> > > > > So "Will apt be in FC3"? It's in Fedora Extras right now for all systems. Everything available via YUM is also available via APT. "yum install apt" > Sounds like a question for fedora-devel list. I would think this would > involve : > > - adding apt.rpm to the list of packages > - also packing/regenerationg 'repository-database' for apt on all CDs > and mirrors. - fixing the problems with APT. No multilib, poor failover, etc. Search through the fedora-devel-list archives. There are dozens of messages discussing why YUM is used rather than APT. Summary: Yes, YUM isn't perfect. No, APT can't replace it feature-for- feature. Can APT be supported in addition to YUM? It has always been in Fedora Extras. -- David Norris http://www.webaugur.com/dave/ ICQ - 412039
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