Re: Experiences of apt vs grab

Thanks for the compliments... I too am torn from GRAB and APT. Simply because
I maintain and wrote GRAB does not mean I think is the best for all
situations. As far as the limitations of GRAB go, please let me know if you
can think of an alternative, I am at a loss witht eh deps issue.

Also where do you see the 'cought'? I just searched the source, and did not
find it?

Thanks,
Greg

On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 09:40:09AM -0700, Dan Harris wrote:
> Greg & all,
> 
> I thought I'd give apt for rpm a shot last week just for fun.  The short 
> version is that I'm back to using grab again :)  Here's why..
> 
> apt-rpm
> =======
> PROS:
> Very simple syntax (apt-get install)
> transparent handling of dependencies (almost)
> all rpm's are in a managed format in a centralized location
> 
> CONS:
> all of the rpm's I tried to install were outdated and seemed to be the "boxed" 
> RH rpms 
> the rpm repositories at tuxfamily.org were VERY slow over the 2 week period I 
> tried it (14KB/sec download on my T1, come on!)
> always complained that seemingly "everything" needed PERL.  Which I did have 
> installed from source, but it complained since it didn't see it in the 
> repository.
> 
> In closing, I'd like to say that I really do like how easy it is to 'apt-get 
> install' something. But the downside is that the rpm's must be controlled 
> strictly and that seems to negate their 'freshness' as someone must manage a 
> single archive.  I also really liked the dependency fetch.  Grab tries to get 
> dependencies but it feels 'messy' every time I have to go through it.  Too 
> many choices to make each time, and if one fails, the whole thing seems to 
> blow up rather inelegantly.. But, I know this is the downside of working with 
> poorly managed RPM archives and it's mostly not your fault, Greg.
> 
> Anyway,  keep up the good work.  I'm really glad you're still keeping the 
> effort alive.  I'll continue to use it as long as I am using RPM's..
> 
> One more thing....   s/cought/caught/g  :)
> 
> -Dan
> 
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