Linked by David Adams on Mon 4th Aug 2008 19:03 UTC
Not all Linux distributions are made with the same components, which can make it difficult for software developers to write applications for multiple Linux distributions. That's where the Linux Standards Base (LSB) comes into play. For years the LSB has not quite lived up to its full potential. That could all change with the upcoming LSB 4.0 release.
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2006-12-05
This is a tired argument, but rpm the package-format was specified, not rpm the package installer.
.rpm is, at least, distro agnostic.
Has nothing to do with package managers. You can use Smart with almost anything for instance, doesn't matter.
Then they should have specified some lowest common denominator, like .tgz, which you can unpack with just tar and gzip.
And while you can certainly install whatever native package manager your distribution uses along with RPM (which is still the only way to install RPM's) (okay, maybe alien counts), it's going to be a long time before I see any reason why I might want to install two package managers on my system, especially when whatever native one my distribution provides is vastly superior to RPM.