On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 08:39:13PM -0600, John Buttery wrote: > IMO the biggest feature that distinguishes distributions is the > package management. I mean, it's the same kernel, the same core > software bundled with it for the most part, stored in the same places > (mostly, depending on how FHS-compliant a distro is)...what's really the > difference between distributions if not the package manager? The only > other real difference is the installer, which you only use once anyway. > I think that's something that _should_ be played up...the fact that > users of all these other distributions are installing part of Debian's > package management system. We should also emphasize that it's only a > small part of it...'apt-get' != 'APT'. When you install apt4rpm, you > may get apt-get but you don't get the rest of the army of apt-* tools, > the existence of which is made possible only by Debian's stringent > package format QA process (try having a tool like apt-listchanges with a > bunch of packages that don't have a changelog format spec...).
Ok, ok. You are absolutely right. I guess I've been using Debian for too long, so I forgot problems that plague other package managers. My contact with other distributions is intermediated only through reviews on LWN.net :-). But back to the real work. Minor rephrasing can wait. The most important tasks for now are: * write en/module/*.xml * update references to the kernel flavors and install files * rest of doc/manual/TODO Volunteers? -- Miroslav Kure -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
