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OpenWrt: Major Change Notice: New Package Manager (openwrt.org)
26 points by sam42 on Nov 17, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


what might be stopping them using rpm ?


Bloat. The /usr/lib64/librpm.so.8.2.0 file is 2.0 megabytes in size on OpenSUSE 15.5. Now consider that some of the still-supported devices have a total of 8 MB of flash.


Thought so, but that ratio brings it into sharp relief. Thank you.


As soon as I saw the title I was hoping for it to be apk. I'm glad I wasn't disappointed!




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