Re: Debian's Package Management vs Ximian's Red Carpet

2001-12-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 09:53:54AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > Daniel Hartman wrote: > > Before I get into hot water, I was wondering what the pros and cons are > > to using Ximian's Red Carpet over Debian's package management system > > for maintaining my version of GNOME and Evolution on pota

Re: Debian's Package Management vs Ximian's Red Carpet

2001-12-03 Thread Paul Smith
%% Daniel Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: dh> I'm a die-hard Debian user simply because of the package dh> management system -- I'll never use another distro. However, I dh> prefer Ximian's packaged version of GNOME over Debian's (I hope I dh> don't get flamed over this statement), an

Re: Debian's Package Management vs Ximian's Red Carpet

2001-12-03 Thread Daniel Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Hartman wrote: Before I get into hot water, I was wondering what the pros and cons are to using Ximian's Red Carpet over Debian's package management system for maintaining my version of GNOME and Evolution on potato. Are there potential pitfalls? Well, u

Re: Debian's Package Management vs Ximian's Red Carpet

2001-12-03 Thread Craig Dickson
Daniel Hartman wrote: > Before I get into hot water, I was wondering what the pros and cons are > to using Ximian's Red Carpet over Debian's package management system > for maintaining my version of GNOME and Evolution on potato. Are there > potential pitfalls? Well, unless Red Carpet and dpk

Debian's Package Management vs Ximian's Red Carpet

2001-12-03 Thread Daniel Hartman
Hey all, Before I get into hot water, I was wondering what the pros and cons are to using Ximian's Red Carpet over Debian's package management system for maintaining my version of GNOME and Evolution on potato. Are there potential pitfalls? Thoughts? Thanks in advance. Dan