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Is it any better/different than deb packages ? (I'm NOT trying to start a flame war or Debian vs. Fedora troll, just asking out of pure curiousity).
by guggle 7y ago
Is it any better/different than deb packages ? (I'm NOT trying to start a flame war or Debian vs. Fedora troll, just asking out of pure curiousity).
- 0xbadcafebee 7y agoIt's definitely different, but both formats can do basically the same things. Personally I think a .spec and a .srpm are more succinct. Where they really differ is the ecosystem. Debian has better tools for managing packages, and their community actually builds them better. But I've also been through dependency hell with both; if you want a bleeding edge release, it's way easier to skip packaging and manually build+install updated software to a unique directory.