I personally prefer the RPM structure, tho nothing wrong with the DEB either. I also prefer yum over apt-get. Both, as a user, and as a developer. And it probably has more to do with the things I'm used to than the real difference between those (although yum-presto gives a kick-*** sequential delta updates, not sure if there is something like that on apt-get side of things). So, yes, I'd probably like RPM-based distribution in the future of Maemo/MeeGo...

But... there are valid points for sticking with deb way of doing things, mainly because there are already wide varieties of deb packages for ARMEL. Sure, those could be repacked into rpms quite easily, but the problem with default config locations and similar things would remain.

Why not keep the structure but use RPM as package manager instead? That way the both zealotish sides will be happy