Don't be misled

Don't be misled

Posted Sep 18, 2003 22:36 UTC (Thu) by hazelsct (subscriber, #3659)
In reply to: Don't be misled by skvidal
Parent article: Revisiting RPM Package Management

Indeed, thank you for the great tool, the difference in line count is impressive.

Debian's decision to use C is a sound one however, because python would bloat the base system significantly. apt-get in stable on i386 is about 153 kB (not kiB); python alone is about 518 kB. So as Debian and derivatives (e.g. Familiar) are installed on embedded systems from iPaqs to routers, the significantly smaller base system -- without sacrificing automatic dependency management -- is an advantage.

But perhaps RedHat is not concerned with such markets.

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