ipkg vs. opkg

Werner Almesberger werner at openmoko.org
Thu Jul 31 15:14:01 CEST 2008


Richard Purdie wrote:
> I hope that makes things clearer :)

Thanks a lot, it did !

And apologies to those concerned about my "branding" theory.

> Personally, I have no issue with opkg being around, I fully support that
> and its great to see. I'm not so happy about the .ipk -> .opk name
> change.

I guess it's mainly a question of "don't change a running system" versus
consistency then. I don't have a strong feeling about either choice then.
Am I right supposing that the name "ipk" is free from legal entanglement ?

- Werner




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