On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 04:29:36PM +0200, Brederlow wrote: > > Wasn't debian-hurd supposed to become compatible with normal linux > binaries, so that no recompilation has to take place? That way > <system> would not be needed.
Yes, there will be a certain degree of compatibility, even binary compatibility. But, and this is a big but, we still need our own kernel, translators, glibc, and some other low level stuff (network, etc). Furthermore, the Hurd does quite some things differently then linux, and we will exploit additional functionality beyond the usual Unix system. So, special versions of tar etc will be used on Hurd. Thus, a system field is still needed, especially because we diverge even in arhcitecture all area. > If hurd stays incompatible with linux, put hurd stuff into > > /debian-hurd/dists/<dist>/... > > and netbsd stuff into > > /debian-netbsd/... > > and so on. Its no use mixing hurd stuff with linux stuff, iff they > stay incompatible. People will get confused and download the wrong > stuff. I would feel disappointed by such a "solution". Seperating out a port will make all integration efforts harder, and please consider the consequences for our complete infrastructure (mirror, documentation, etc). Furthermore, most of the binary all stuff is equally useful for both systems. People won't get confused. They are not confused now. Why should they? Most of the time they use apt or dselect anyway, and the people who manually get packages from the ftp site will either know what they do or pay attention to the names of the directories. Also, people should understand what Hurd and Linux is and where they differ. > Also its much easier to mirror or download the stuff. How so? I don't see this. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
