On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 23:06 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > skaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is frustrating but it's hard to really do anything about this since > neither Ubuntu nor Debian is really able to sync development cycles with > the other. Sure they are. The question is if the teams are willing to compromise and change. > For the most part, software should easily build in the other, > though, even if the binary packages don't port over. Yes, this is true. However the problem with that is that Debian can't manage source, and in particular external sources. So when you upgrade some parts of your system, you have to remember to recompile and reinstall those sources. Whereas if you stick to managed software all of that should be taken care of -- roughly speaking when you start using a package manager you're committed to using it for almost everything almost all the time. -- John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net> Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
