Linux.com: RPM Development on the Road to Revival

“The RPM Package Manager (RPM) package format and utilities are
the backbone of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Fedora Core,
SUSE, and Mandriva Linux distributions, a host of smaller distros,
and the Linux Standard Base. For years, the RPM utilities and
specification were maintained by Red Hat. That changed in 2006
when, following a lengthy period of uncertainty, the company
relaunched rpm.org as an independent hub for RPM development.

“Jeff Johnson was the chief maintainer of RPM (originally known
as the Red Hat Package Manager) while at Red Hat, for much of the
program’s life…”

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