On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 04:20:31PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
* Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek:
> Traditionally, packages installed all kinds of files all over the place.
> But we're slowly and painfully moving towards the model where:
> 1. packages are only allowed to install under /usr, /var, and /etc.
> (Or under /opt, but I'd want to move that to /usr/opt…)
> 2. packages must support /var/cache being wiped at any time, and
> most packages support anything under /var being wiped at any time.
> 3. systemd and other projects are trying to only use /etc for local
> admin state, and support "factory reset" by wiping /etc and /var.
Do you see RPM being used for distribution content only in the future?
No, not really. RPM is best for distribution content, but it's also good
for independent-vendor and local packages.
Zbyszek