DOlson Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 We have ported Red Hat's Anaconda installer to Debian; essentially, we replaced calls to RPM with calls to APT, and replaced Red Hat-specific configuration hooks with calls into the configlets and debconf. We have also written a tool called PickAx that facilitates the creation of Anaconda-based Debian installation CD sets. We are also working with various parties to add/merge RPM support into the mainline APT, to allow Debian- and RPM-based distributions to be managed using a single APT codebase, and possibly even to allow Debian and RPM packages to coexist side by side. It is our hope that a distribution-independent Anaconda and a distribution-independent APT (plus, eventually, a distribution-independent configuration framework) will, along with a stronger LSB, help unify further the various Linux distributions. This is excellent news, and I can't wait to see what comes of all of this. http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1067056799.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnkirby Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 No doubt, I have not tried debian due to the installer, perhaps it's time is comming! :D Capn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOlson Posted October 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Eh, it's not that bad. :) I actually like it. It's fast, simple, efficient (at least for installing a base system). The only part that really needs work is hardware detection and configuration (for people who don't know too much about hardware and modules and stuff), and package selection (for people who don't want to apt-get install everything themselves). If the GUI installer is done right, it will be great. Someone elsewhere mentioned Red Hat and Debian merging... I'd love to see it happen, but I doubt it will... We can always hope. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 Well, I've been doing it the other way around: using apt 4 rpms in RH. It works really well... But back to the topic, do we know when the first release of Debian using anaconda is due? I'd love to try that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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