Debian's dpkg and apt are both GPL2+. What's the reason they are reinventing the wheel here? Is there some kind of licence incompatibility that the GNU project cares about? Is there some kind of major architectural difference? Why is it important enough to fragment Free Software developers over?
I feel that this should be answered in an FAQ, but I can't find the answer anywhere.
I feel that this should be answered in an FAQ, but I can't find the answer anywhere.