Re: state of apt-rpm development?

> The new project sounds interesting,... and I'm sure if you have
> thought it up, it'll be pretty damn cool (I'm trying to guess which

Thanks!

> scripting language you've decided to use... :)

Hehehe :-)

> Will external development be permitted on the new project?

Contributors are always welcome.

> How well will it handle biarch support (the last missing piece in
> apt-get, I think) ?

The new internal representation of the problem solves in a
graceful way many tasks that used to be hard to deal with.

> How does it compare to Conary, etc?

Conary is a completely different beast. The new project is still
based on the concept of package files, and is useful in
in the current rpm/dpkg world.

> Lots of questions since I've been thinking about going forward and 
> writing an advanced package management project for my distribution.

That's good news. I'll be glad to talk about this.

> Oh, what about transaction rollback with exclusions? Or, update 
> "groups", or... :)

What is "transaction rollback with exclusions"?

> Maybe you could describe it a bit pre-press release...? :)

The press release will be more about marketing than about
details of the project itself. I'll write a technical paper
to present the good news.

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Gustavo Niemeyer
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