Hi Bernd, * [ 10-04-05 - 23:33 ] Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are a lot differences between linda and lintian, especially the > programming language.
We would like to know which are these differences. :) Nico's original question was "why are there linda and lintian?". http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/04/msg00396.html Do they provide different *features*? > Which is if course a big point if you consider > programmers can only help in one but not the other. You're right here. > > Whenever someone submits an ITP for the software A, whose functionality > > is already provided in Debian by B, the standard question is "Why is A > > better than B? From your long description it is not clear which are the > > aspect that make them different." > > This standard question is annoying and unneeded. There is no point in > deciding for one or the other package. And this is a quite new trend that > debian community start to think they have the right to pick. I actually think that this question is not so unneeded. The ITP could simply miss to mention the important features, and asking such a question can lead to an improved long description. Potential problems with packages which provide *exactly the same functionalities* are: duplication of efforts on the developers' side, user confusion, waste of archive space... ciao, ema -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
