Why rpm and deb formats are not merged yet into "the one to rule them all"?
**I am sick. I am really sick of this RPM vs DEB stuff.**

Current RPM version was released 1 year ago.
You know what is job #1 for RPM?
It is "to take the current RPM codebase and clean it up" (this quote is from 2006 year).

DEB. latest dpkg release is 1.15.8.12, and its 14 month old. It was one year ago. APT, current version is 0.8.10.3. guess what..it was released one year ago.

What i am talking about, is **those software peaces is mature for ages**. What is happening around them is lazy bugfixing. Guys we need to stop and think: does such fragmentation worth the goal you are trying to achieve? Do i need to explain the issues open source community has regarding you two?

Do you know that you two are making a very bad thing for OSS community? **You have created an unnecessary virtual barrier between people**. In general it is your fault that python, nodejs, php, ruby gems, firefox, chrome and others, who deal with packaging, have their own custom packaging systems. Its your fault that linux distributios are separeted into two worlds.

**EVERYONE is solving the same problem.** 
Do i need to remind you about saga with Maemo and Moblin merging into MeeGo? This is horrible. For the god sake, this problem is all about archiving few files and meta-data plus managing dependencies.

It is twenty-first century around. I am begging you. I am really MAD about this. **Please. STOP this mayhem.** Particularly this domain should be standardized and this question should be closed FOR EVER. this is really a condition for prosperity of OSS community. 

**Distributing stuff should be fun!**

So the question is - why rpm and deb formats are not merged yet?
And when it will happen, will it happen, at least, in this decade? :,(
Why rpm and deb formats are not merged yet into "the one to rule them all"?
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**I am sick. I am really sick of this RPM vs DEB stuff.**

Current RPM version was released 1 year ago.
You know what is job #1 for RPM?
It is "to take the current RPM codebase and clean it up" (this quote is from 2006 year).

DEB. latest dpkg release is 1.15.8.12, and its 14 month old. It was one year ago. APT, current version is 0.8.10.3. guess what..it was released one year ago.

What i am talking about, is **those software peaces is mature for ages**. What is happening around them is lazy bugfixing. Guys we need to stop and think: does such fragmentation worth the goal you are trying to achieve? Do i need to explain the issues open source community has regarding you two?

Do you know that you two are making a very bad thing for OSS community? **You have created an unnecessary virtual barrier between people**. In general it is your fault that python, nodejs, php, ruby gems, firefox, chrome and others, who deal with packaging, have their own custom packaging systems. Its your fault that linux distributios are separeted into two worlds.

**EVERYONE is solving the same problem.** 
Do i need to remind you about saga with Maemo and Moblin merging into MeeGo? This is horrible. For the god sake, this problem is all about archiving few files and meta-data plus managing dependencies.

It is twenty-first century around. I am begging you. I am really MAD about this. **Please. STOP this mayhem.** Particularly this domain should be standardized and this question should be closed FOR EVER. this is really a condition for prosperity of OSS community. 

**Distributing stuff should be fun!**

So the question is - why rpm and deb formats are not merged yet?
And when it will happen, will it happen, at least, in this decade? :,(