Prwta ap'ola, epitrecte moy na perigracw ta basika ths filosofias poy krubetai pisw apo to RPM. Enas sxediastikos stoxos htan na epitrecei thn xrhsh ``prwtarxikou (basikou)'' kwdika. Me to RPP (o prohgoumenos mas diaxeirisths paketwn, apo ton opoion de xrhsimopoih8hke tipota sth dhmioyrgia toy RPM), ta paketa phgaioy kwdika htan ``peiragmenoi'' arxikoi phgaioi kwdikes poy meta xtisame.
8ewrhtika, kapoios 8a mporouse na egkatasthsei ena phgaio RPP kai meta na kaneimake xwris problhmata. Alla o phgaios kwdikas den htan o arxikos prwtotypos, kai den yphrxe kamia anafora sto poies allages xreiasthke na kanoyme gia na ta kataferoyme na xtizetai epityxws.
8a eprepe na katebasete ton arxiko prwtotypo kwdika jexwrista.
Me to ROM, exete ton arxiko kwdika mazi me ena mpalwma (patch) to opoio xrhsimopoihsame gia na kanoyme th metaglwttish. Ayto to 8ewroume san ena megalo pleonekthma. Giati;
Gia pollous logoys. Prwta - prwta, an bgei mia nea ekdosh kapoioy programmatos, de xreiazetai na arxisete anagkastika apo thn arxh gia na to metaglwttisete sto RHL. Mporeite na koitajete sto mpalwma (patch) gia to ti isws xreiastei na kanete. Me ayton ton tropo, oles oi proka8orismenes ry8miseis ths metaglwttishs einai eukola katanohtes.
To RPM sxediasthke gia na prosferei isxyres dynatothtes erwthshs. Mporeite na cajete mesa se oloklhrh th bash sas gia paketa h gia oloklhra arxeia. Mporeite epishs na breite eukola se poio paketo anhkei ena sygkekrimeno arxeio kai apo poio prohl8e. Ta idia ta RPM arxeia einai sympiesmena arxeia, alla mporeite na kanete eukola kai suntoma mia erwthsh se jexwrista paketa xarh se mia epikefalida dyadikhs morfhs, poy exei proste8ei sto paketo kai periexei otidhpote xreiazetai na gnwrizete. Ayto syntelei se grhgorh erwthsh.
Allo ena isxyro xarakthristiko einai h ikanothta na epalh8eusete paketa. An anhsyxeite oti sbhsate ena shmantiko arxeio gia kapoio paketo, apla epalh8euste to. 8a enhmerw8eite gia tyxon anwmalies. Se ayth thn periptwsh, mporeite na epanegkatasthsete to paketo an einai aparaithto. O,ti arxeia ry8misewn eixate 8a parameinoyn akeraia.
8a 8elame na eyxaristhsoyme ta paidia ths dianomhs BOGUS mia kai polles apo tis idees toys xrhsimopoih8hkan sto RPM. An kai to RPM grafthke apokleistika apo th Red Hat Software, h leitoyrgia toy einai basismenh ston kwdika poy grafthke gia th dianomh BOGUS (PM kai PMS).