Should there be a universal package manager?

[MONODA]

I really dont think tere should be since that would be like removing gnome and xfce and only providing KDE. I think that there should be someway to convert packages for use with other package managers.

[wdaniels]

I think that there should be someway to convert packages for use with other package managers.

There is - Alien (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/alien). A proper manually constructed package is better though.

[Robux the great]

On a personal level I am happy using .deb or .rpm

I feel that new users ot Linux are put off by the array of package types
New users want one package type and they just want it to work.

Regards

Rob

[Joeb454]

You can get autopackage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopackage) it's just not adopted by many dev's

[SunnyRabbiera]

There is - Alien (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/alien). A proper manually constructed package is better though.

alien is good though, but it needs a graphical interface for newcomers.