[Linux-Biella] Debian and Red Hat Closer Together

[Luigidigi]

http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1067056799.html

"We have ported Red Hat's Anaconda installer to Debian; essentially, we 
replaced calls to RPM with calls to APT, and replaced Red Hat-specific 
configuration hooks with calls into the configlets and debconf. We have 
also written a tool called PickAx that facilitates the creation of 
Anaconda-based Debian installation CD sets. We are also working with 
various parties to add/merge RPM support into the mainline APT, to allow 
Debian- and RPM-based distributions to be managed using a single APT 
codebase, and possibly even to allow Debian and RPM packages to coexist 
side by side.

Murdock goes on to state the ultimate goal of the project:

It is our hope that a distribution-independent Anaconda and a 
distribution-independent APT (plus, eventually, a 
distribution-independent configuration framework) will, along with a 
stronger LSB [Linux Standards Base], help unify further the various 
Linux distributions."

luigi