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Originally Posted by dadealeus
I believe that one of Red-Hat/Fedora's main drawbacks is the complexity of their packaging system.
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The value of Red Hat / Fedora's packaging system actually shows whats lacking in other distributions. Also it could equally be reasoned what people mistakingly perceive as "complexity" is their lack of knowledge or responsibility to do things as things should be done.
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Originally Posted by dadealeus
I also believe that a developer should not have to devote a ton of time to learning how to package their software for the distribution they would like to support.
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I started crafting RPM packages a long time ago and the questions starting packagers ask on LQ clearly show that any shielding, anything making the process simpler or easier should be strongly opposed: read, practice, succeed. No shortcuts.