On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, David Schleef wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 08:16:49PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > > Now John, I consider myself fairly competent; however, with three dhcp > > clients to choose from (an actual situation from many months ago) many > > folks won't know which one is *best*, as defined by ``works on the > > kernel as shipped''. How are end users, installing their first Debian > > box, supposed to know that bozo-dhcpcd hasn't been supported for many > > months (but is still in the distribution) but bozo-dhclient-clown is > > known to work on the kernel shipped by Debian, is well-supported, and > > runs easily. > > This is a documentation issue. I've many times longed for a > document that describes the issues involved with, for example, > installing exim vs. sendmail, the various dhcp clients, etc. > Perhaps I haven't found it yet in Debian -- in which case it > should be advertised more. However, if nobody steps forward > and says "Yes, it exists", I'll start one.
THANK YOU! THIS is what I've been trying to say > IMO, this kind of documentation would be a bazillion times better > than any find-grained task-* structure. > > > > *THIS* is where the task- system will help new users -- competent or > > not. It allows Debian to help people choose, when they don't know what > > is best -- not when they are too stupid to know what is best. > > If this is really true, then why do we even have the other > packages? > > > > dave... > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
