Project Summary
The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages. Each software package consists of an archive of files along with information about the package like its version, a description, and the like. There is also a library API, permitting advanced developers to manage such transactions from programming languages such as C or Python.
In a Nutshell, RPM...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 18 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in November, 1995
ending with its most recent commit 4 days ago
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GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 or later
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State Changes
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