Uhh... In my opinion... <snip>
>As a provocation it served its purpose. However I admit that I was unfair. >But I still think that my question for a more in-depth HOWTO is a valid one <snip> > > Some people suggest that I should read the developer's or packaging > manuals or even the source. But I am not a developer, and i have > never succeeded in reading more than ten lines of someone else's > C code if it goes beyond the 'hello world' level. Imagine how self-righteous this sounds to a developer of Debian? You freely admit you do not contribute to the Debian project and then raise the standard for the product they produce. If it is so disagreeable a prospect to use Debian, then don't use it. You seem to be intelligent, have a good writing style, and insight into the matter, perhaps you should do something about it? > > My aspiration level is to be an intelligent end-user, but still to > use more of the possibilities than only 'apt-get install ...', > without the permanent fear of creating chaos. > egbert You are weird.
