LSB-Futures - Identification - Linux Distribution Dependencies
Assumption: By examining packaging dependencies of the major distributions we can quantify what packages are most depended on. These packages might be good candidates for standardization.
Data:
Debian
Using this script gives us a list of source/binary packages and their depends/recommends/suggests counts sorted by number of dependencies. Debian source packages usually map one-to-one with their upstream source package thus giving us a good idea of what projects to target.
List of source packages with binary package break-down (depends <3 truncated) 336k
List of source packages only (depends <3 truncated ) 55k
List of source packages with binary package break-down 2072k
List of source packages only 571k
Generated from "unstable" US/non-US main/contrib/non-free on 2001-01-25
Annotated version of the source+binary truncated lists.
Mandrake
Sorted list of packages and the number of dependencies on them
Red Hat Linux
This script provides the following output:
Sorted
list of Red Hat Linux 7.2 binary packages and the number of
dependencies on them
Sorted
list of Red Hat Linux 7.2 source packages and the number of
dependencies on them
Other Distributions
Needed. If you have expertise please volunteer.
maintained by: Matt Taggart <taggart@fc.hp.com>