rpm5.org launched

Posted May 29, 2007 16:01 UTC (Tue) by mmazur (guest, #42142)
Parent article: rpm5.org launched

The nice thing about the announcement and the website is that it sends a
clear message to the general public, that there actually exists a version
of rpm that's actively in development and used by at least a couple of
projects. This is a nice thing to have, considering that the RedHat
announcements from some time ago (about they're revived interest in the
project) hardly mentioned the fact.

Making sure that we don't end up with two incompatible forks of rpm is
another matter however. Especially considering that rpm5 wants to
actually get some major features in place.

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rpm5.org launched

Posted May 29, 2007 16:38 UTC (Tue) by proski (guest, #104) [Link] (3 responses)

However, using a domain name that includes the version number could be interpreted as a message of the opposite kind, namely that the project is not going to be developed beyond version 5.

rpm5.org launched

Posted May 29, 2007 16:59 UTC (Tue) by jospoortvliet (guest, #33164) [Link] (2 responses)

aah, come on, that's nitpicking. I think it's great - it makes clear they
want to go for the next generation, not just some small improvements.

rpm5.org launched

Posted May 30, 2007 1:05 UTC (Wed) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link] (1 responses)

Jeff Johnson has the next couple versions registered too.

whois rpm6.org

whois rpm7.org

rpm5.org launched

Posted Jun 1, 2007 20:12 UTC (Fri) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]

Just don't needlessy bump the version numbers. "RPM 5" is a catcher, but at the end of the day "RPM 137" does not cut it anymore. Anything beyond 11 is declining in strength of eyecatching.