Jon Dowland schrieb am Montag, den 28. November 2011: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:54:57PM +0100, Alexander Wirt wrote: > > And I still like the "never touch a running system" approach. If dpatch > > works > > without problems, why deprecate it? > > One reason is that the surface area of Debian development tools is too large > and daunting for newcomers. When alternatives for a given tool exist which are > relevant and known outside the Debian eco system and there might be some > practical use for learning those skills in other contexts, IMHO > Debian-specific > solutions should need a strong argument *for* to keep, rather than *against* > to > remove. imho it is that range of development tools that make us strong. I packaged for nearly every package system in the past and it is mainly the great eco system of debian specific tools that make debian just a joy to package.
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