Re: [MiNT] Re[2]: GEM boost

[Mark Duckworth <mduckworth@atari-source.com>]

On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 12:35 -0500, Evan Langlois wrote:

> I certainly hope the Atari doesn't become an RPM based system.  RPM
> isn't exactly the most user friendly thing in the world to deal with.

Where have you been?  Easymint is based on sparemint who is the defacto
MiNT distribution.  I'm currently working on Sparemint Update Manager
which is an automated update system.  RPM's are distributed with kernel,
gemlib, maybe even windom soon.  RPM is by far the most supported
packaging format on MiNT, even if it isn't the best.  This is the php
work I've done a while ago that I'm going to be working on again.  

http://dev.sparemint.org

Basically a fully dynamic and community driven sparemint site versus a
site built by scripts daily and controlled by very few people.  I hate
to break it to you, but MiNT is an RPM based system - and seeing as how
it's our future, Atari is too ;-)

Mark


Thanks,
Mark