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I know there has been a lot fuzz about this subject on various forums and newsgroups concerning the merge of Moblin and Maemo. I’d like to know what stackoverflow-fellows think about this. What are the benefits of RPM packaging over DEB that make it better choice for MeeGo?
RPM is specified as the packaging format for the Linux Standard Base.
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Okay, I admit it, that’s stretching for an answer, even for me. There isn’t an awful lot of difference in the base purpose of both RPM and DEB packages; they each have their own distinct capabilities, but in the end they’re both a bag of files and metadata.