Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I for one like what I see so far. I want to encourage Corel to > improve Debian setup. I hope that you can either commit directly to > the debian boot-floppies or at least start a world-readable cvs tree > of your own. That way everyone will be able to look at what you're > doing and make comments or suggestions.
Yes -- speaking as the self-appointed CVS master for the /cvs/debian-boot area (housing the boot-floppies, debian-cd, and now setup-api), Corel currently has established setup-api module (currently still empty) for world ongoing review, and incidentally, has rw access to the boot-floppies area itself, which I am sure they will not abuse. Working with Corel, personally, and I talked to Dave on the phone last week, has been very pleasant. They seem to be making the utmost effort to avoid a fork and adapt to the "Debian way". It is certain that some things they will do we cannot adapt since we must support a much larger base of existing systems (such as VME or headless old 386 routers) whereas they are trying to develop, AFAICT, a "Linux for the Rest of Us" type distribution which makes installation, which is historically a very "high curve" area for Debian, a snap. I am very encoraged by all the feedback from Debian developers, and what seems to be the start of a very productive collaboration and symbiosis. -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
