From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2012-05-21, Adam  wrote:   
   > unruh wrote:   
   >> On 2012-05-21, Adam  wrote:   
   >>> IOW the two repositories [Mandriva & Mageia] aren't, or   
   >>> soon won't be, able to complement each other.   
   >>   
   >> AFAIK there are packages from the SUSE repository that can run on   
   >> Mandriva. And they have diverged for a while.   
   >   
   > I didn't know that (some?) packages from the SUSE repository would   
   > work under Mandriva.   
   >   
   >>> Mageia becoming Mandriva Free?  That sounds like it would be a good   
   >>> thing, at least for me as an end user.   
   >>   
   >> I do not think that MandrivaFree plus Mageia separately is stable.   
   >   
   > Hmmm.  I'm watching what others say here for comments on the two   
   > distributions.  I may need to quantify my own definition of a   
   > "better" distro.  Certainly "stability" would be a part of it.   
      
   Different use of the word stability. I meant that having the two free   
   distributions, both largely Mandriva, is not stable. One or the other   
   would slowly, or rapidly loose both users and volunteers to the other.   
      
   The "better" distro might also be the one that is most likely to survive   
   the longest.   
      
      
   >   
   > Adam   
      
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