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This looks like the next evolution of package managementThis looks like the next evolution of package managementPosted Jul 30, 2004 18:35 UTC (Fri) by X-Nc (guest, #1661)Parent article: OLS: An introduction to Conary After a general once-over, and some poking around, I think the idea of Conary looks good. I've always been of the idea that there might be a way to bring the RPM/DEB package ideas and the BSD Ports system together. Ports is great with the exception of one thing; it's source based only. Linux distros like Gentoo, Lunar Linux and the Sourcerer based ones bring the Ports idea to Linux but still are based on source code only. The other side of the coin is the RPM/DEB packages with apt and yum manageing them. They work nicely but don't provide for multiple versioning of packages and easy integration of custome packages built outside of the apt/yum repositories. Conary has some definite potential. I'd like to see what it looks like when it's finished. It could be the next big step for Linux and open source in general.
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