[Rpm-maint] Assorted changes in my rpm branch

[Peter Bowen]

On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 17:24 -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> I think this is an excellent point and one we should work on.
> 
> 1. What are the set of things we need rpm to do now and in the future
> 2. What are the set of things that need to be fixed in rpm and how well
> does fixing them line up with 1?

I would suggest that first "we" gets defined.  There are really three
different sets of RPM users, and each is going to have a different set
of requirements:

- People who create RPM packages
- People who use the "rpm" command to manage packages
- People who are writing tools that manage packages
- Standards organizations who want a defined package file format

These four groups are going to need different things, and quite possibly
will use different portions of rpm.

Thanks.
Peter