[MeeGo-dev] Why RPM based repositories?

[Dirk Hohndel]

On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 17:26 -0700, Matthieu Chaton wrote:

> The problem, as I see it, is not especially the format, but the fact that the distro is based on fedora instead of debian.

Moblin is its own upstream distribution, not a Fedora derivative.

> I like the way everything is organized in debian. Everything's clean,
>  well thought and easy to understand. I just cannot say the same for
>  fedora (in my opinion)

So don't use Fedora. We believe that Moblin is quite well organized and
clean as well - and expect the same to be true for MeeGo.

> Moreover Maemo is already used in real devices, and works well. I don't
>  think we can say the same for moblin. 

There are quite a few devices shipping with Moblin already. Lots of
netbooks, a few MIDs as well as some others - with ongoing work on
anything from TVs to media phones to in vehicle infotainment solutions.

/D