On Mon, 2013-11-11 at 11:11 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > If one is managing systems where a LOT (even most, or all) software is > built from source - is Debian still the best distribution. Is there a > better distro for managing source-based in installs from upstream (and > I'm not talking Gentoo, where Portage is a packaging system for source > code - I'm talking semi-automatic management and updates from upstream > source. Any thoughts?
Arch Linux, it has a binary package management like Debian has got and build ports like FreeBSD has got and a so called user repository with packagebuilds, that easily can be modified by the user. Those three systems don't conflict with each other, they are all handled by the same management, pacman. Arch packages are much easier to build than debs. Another advantage for this kind of Linux usage of Arch Linux over Debian is, that it usually follows upstream for the names and the packages are not split. FWIW much software that isn't available for Debian, is available for Arch Linux by binaries, usually Arch Linux versions are current stable releases from upstream, which very seldom has got an unwanted side effect, IOW the most stable Linux I ever run is Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu and Suse for my usage are less stable and provide less binary packages. It's only important to read the homepage before doing upgardes, since it's a rolling release, a real rolling release, it has no versions as Debian has got, but to keep it stable a testing repository. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Compared_to_Other_Distributions#Debian_GNU.2FLinux https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pacman https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Build_System https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide https://www.archlinux.org/ ( https://www.archlinux.de/ ) One semi automation (to update binaries and) AUR packagebuilds (source from upstream, no binary) is to use yaourt. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/yaourt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1384188635.1111.21.camel@archlinux
