Is support of RPM still needed?

[andy128k]

Is this still needed? apt-rpm was abandoned like 15 years ago. Current version of Synaptic does not even compile with it.

• PCLinuxOS migrated from apt-rpm (and synaptic) to DNF and their own GUI application.
• The other major distro using apt-rpm is AltLinux. But they are stuck with a very old version 0.58 of Synaptic. They also develop their own GUI app alt-packages.
• VineLinux also stuck with even older version 0.57 of Synaptic.

Should the support of apt-rpm be removed then?

[mvo5]

Honestly I don't know - I always kept it around because I knew of some distros like "AltLinux" but I do not follow this. If it does not even compile and noone complained so far that is a strong signal I guess that its not being used. Maybe we can do one final release with the (ideally not quite broken) rpm-support and announce that we remove it if noone uses it? And then if noone does we just remove post-release?

[andy128k]

Making a release would require to revert (or implement differently) some changes made during last 5-10 years.

[mvo5]

Just to be clear - a regular deb based release - that is fine, right? When you talk about revert/reimplemennt you specifically mean the rpm verison?