On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 10:21:28AM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > Another poll question: > > What general utilities/tools (such as ls, netstat, who) should we use? > > (_) GNU > (_) BSD
Ok, good idea. > I'd vote for BSD. I only see Debian/BSD as a regular BSD that uses Debian > package system (dpkg, apt) for contributed software. In that case we shouldn't name it Debian/BSD but a "port of dpkg and apt to the *BSD". I think our target is to create a full Debian distribution, but based on a different kernel. As for the general utilities, we can use just the same ones as Debian/Linux does (unification, again) and provide BSD ones as a separate package (just like BSDs does with GNU). > (Speaking as a Debian user/administrator of a few years:) If Debian/BSD is > Debian then I believe it should be usable by a Debian user, i.e. a user > should be able to do things like: > /etc/init.d/exim reload That's right! > (I think I may write an opinion piece article about this for BSD Today; it > should result in a lot of feedback. This article will briefly tell BSD Great idea -- but I think I should first create a poll and some page with the quick summary of the current ideas, so we can give the link to them in the article. > In my opinion, I can't see how this project can really be Debian/BSD. When > it's done, it won't really be Debian; and when it's done it won't be BSD. The key point is to create another Debian -- and it should be Debian, after all ;-) -- Regards, Wartan. Sorry my English -- I am not a native speaker.
