After the wonderful news that Mandriva would be continuing as usual despite financial difficulties and an exodus of developers comes the technical specifications and other tidbits for Mandriva 2011. There are quite a few exciting changes ahead, many of which prove that Mandriva is still a cutting edge distribution.
With 2011, Mandriva will be switching to RPM5. This news actually was announced by Per Øyvind Karlsen last week, but is the first item in the list. RPM5 is actually a fork of RPM with the main goals of supporting XAR, an XML based archiving format, and featuring an integrated dependency resolver. This move has been in the works for quite some time but Mandriva 2011 will be the first release fully committed. Per Øyvind Karlsen said RPM5, “is the only sensible choice.” Relatedly, their software center is scheduled a face-lift for a “more modern and simple to use interface.”
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