On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 13:40, Renato Barrios wrote: > > >De : Elizabeth Barham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > "Renato Barrios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Specially removing potato from ftp sites or from distribution. > > > > <wince/> I and many others are receiving a great deal of benefit from > > the potato-ppc distribution although it may not quite be to your > > liking. > You have to recognize that potato has to be changed or a clear statement has > to be writed somewhere speaking about its limitations.I mean an alpha > mention in the name or something similar.
Yes, sir! ;) Seriously, go ahead and file a bug against ftp.debian.org. The reaction of the FTP admins could be interesting. :) Oh, and I think most of potato's limitations are documented. I still wouldn't call it alpha for any definition of alpha I know. > >> It would be also the case of customize kernels for ppc > >> architectures. I wonder what you can have if you compile a kernel > >> with pc specific options [mac_hid] enabled. It is not a debian task > >> but someone has to do it. > > > > I, personally, would love to see the woody-ppc distribution's kernel > > (stock) implement mac_hid. It has eased installation and configuration > > greatly but I'm not the maintainer of these. What's this about? What's missing in the Debian woody kernels? > > It is also possible for you to modify the distribution and use it to > > install it on those within your organization. For example, you could > > re-compile the kernel with mac_hid enabled and change some of the > > start-up scripts. Next, you could just place your version on a > > webserver somewhere and have those installing the system fetch your > > version of the distribution from your website. > It would be a different or modified distribution. If debian project has to > be reliable, this kind of limitations and solutions have to be in the > official releases. It would contribute to the project as a whole but also > would be a kind of quality certification by practice. Certainly you have > spent much of your time to find solutions. If ppc mantainers can't accept > that and modify things, there could be the case of a real and unsolvable bug > problem. I hardly understand what you say, but if there are bugs you should report them instead of complaining to everybody. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
