Talk:SMP/E

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Chatul in topic SMP vs. Linux systems

SMP vs. Linux systems edit

I'd like to add a statement or section comparing the IBM philosophy of replacing individual elements of packages with the Linux/unix system of replacing a whole package by installing a .deb or .rpm, but I don't think I know enough to be sure of being correct. Peter Flass (talk) 20:22, 30 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

@Peter Flas: SMP and SMP/E can be considered both configuration management software like, e.g., SCCS, CVS, Subversion, Git, and package managers, e.g., APT, YUM. However, SMP has a much more robust way to handle dependencies, while not offering much support for merging independent changes to the same element. --Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 22:35, 9 August 2021 (UTC)Reply