RE: distro name

[Erik Slagter <erik+rpm oldconomy com>]

> Of course one may think that providing the tools lessens the pressure
> toward a better solution, but not providing tools just for this reason
> is like taking hostages to force an ideal solution. I do not think the
> distributions will grow any more incompatible just because the tools to
> cope with the incompatibilities exist. I believe distribution makers
> already look over eachother's shoulders to see what the others are
> doing, and adjust toward a consensus in very many cases. We just don't
> live in a perfect world.

IMHO checking for a certain distribution is always a bad idea, a bad
substitute for checking for the real criterium (files being present
etc.)