: I don't get it -- why would we care if gzip is anywhere *other* than : the debian base system? It's not like there's any way (yet) to : install/extract these packages on a mac, though you can sort of hack : them open on a win32 box. We're concerned with users who *have : actually installed debian* reading the documentation *on that debian : system*. The rest is spurious.
There are just the elect few who can handle X. The rest of the world uses Web-Browsers from commercial Operating systems to access information from Unix (or Linux) servers. The user who has installed Debian might not be using that box to read the documentation on. I have NO SYSTEM AT ALL on Campus that could do what you suggest. I have an X system at home allright but even at home I have now a Win95 box as a front end to my Linux Server. There are barely any commercial apps for X and I need to do some work.... We use Linux as a Back-End for our Campus Servers and many other people do the same. They do not run X and they also wish to be able to access documentation in a easy way. Requiring a gzip on the Operating Systems they use is a major stumbling block especially for those first timers which are critical to the success of such projects. I am really irritated by such insistence on a view "my box at home" and nothing else matters. We are not all just hacking for fun at home. Some people actually make their living with the stuff. -- --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- Please always CC me when replying to posts on mailing lists. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
