Comments on: Why doesn’t openSUSE use smart as a default package manager

By: TuXero I

TuXero I — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:34:31 +0000

Sorry guys i didn’t notice that comment moderation was turned on :S .
SMART is an open source project which means they can modify and controlo it as they wish and in any way ZMD which is the SLED tool has been removed from the community project .
“Then again they may not use it because it’s Not Invented Here” i thing you are right in this one as it’s the only rational explanation to the issue

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By: dosnlinux

dosnlinux — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:09:50 +0000

The only thing I can think of is that SUSE needs extra stability since it is an enterprise OS. The new system may not have as much testing, but Novell may be able to have as much control over the SMART product as they need.

Then again they may not use it because it’s Not Invented Here.

By: daP

daP — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:22:18 +0000

Ever used smart on a x86_64 system?

I recommend you give it a shot – might give you a whole new perspective why its used by default.