[packagekit] Cross-distro package mapping and matching?

[Sebastian Pipping]

Matthias Klumpp wrote:
> I thought as I had this idea I could make it possible to fully integrate
> RPM packages into a DEB based system by creating a "wrapper" for foreign
> packages, but then I decided to create a new package format to do this job
> because there were large difficulties in integrating RPM packages to the
> DEB-based package management system and vice versa.

Is there a place on the net with more information about this project?


> The idea to use this feature for statistical reasons I've never had. An
> integration to Fedora's Smolt service is a great idea!
> If someone is already working on this application, I would collaborate too.

That's great to hear.



Sebastian