<s>
APT-RPM	B-Application
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Advanced	B-Application
Packaging	I-Application
Tool	I-Application
modified	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
RPM	B-Application
Package	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
ported	O
to	O
RPM	B-Application
by	O
Alfredo	O
Kojima	O
and	O
then	O
further	O
developed	O
and	O
improved	O
by	O
Gustavo	O
Niemeyer	O
,	O
both	O
working	O
for	O
the	O
Conectiva	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
maintainer	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
Gustavo	O
Niemeyer	O
,	O
announced	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
not	O
continue	O
developing	O
it	O
and	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
instead	O
focus	O
on	O
Smart	B-Application
Package	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
APT-RPM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
distributions	O
using	O
APT-RPM	B-Application
for	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
ALT	O
Linux	B-Application
:	O
APT-RPM	B-Application
is	O
the	O
main	O
,	O
officially	O
supported	O
way	O
to	O
upgrade	O
packages	O
from	O
the	O
ALT	O
Linux	B-Application
repositories	O
in	O
ALT	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
since	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCLinuxOS	O
:	O
APT-RPM	B-Application
is	O
the	O
backend	O
for	O
the	O
only	O
official	O
way	O
to	O
upgrade	O
packages	O
in	O
this	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vine	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
:	O
APT-RPM	B-Application
has	O
been	O
the	O
main	O
,	O
officially	O
supported	O
way	O
to	O
upgrade	O
packages	O
in	O
Vine	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
distributions	O
since	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
