The previous writer (whose message wasn't included) doesn't restrict
people's choices, he just suggested a 'core' distribution which gives us
a basic choice while alternative choices are always available.
I support his proposal, esp good for newbies. Take a newbie's point of
view: the first time w
Matt Kracht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>have no idea whose idea it was split every library into two (or more!)
>packages, either.
As a developer, this can, I suppose, be a little annoying. The whole
point is that if you, a _user_ (note the emphasis) require a shared
library to _run_ a program, y
> If you think Debian has a tremendous amount of software, you should try
> sunsite.unc.edu or tsx-11.mit.edu sometime.
Look how much Debian has compared to Slackware or RedHat, though. All of it
integrated with the Debian package manager.
> I'm seriously thinking of going back to slackware.
> "Matt" == Matt Kracht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Matt> Debian gives me several packages to choose from,
Matt> which, it turns out, are all required. Then I find out that the
Matt> guy who compiled it did something weird. Lynx 2.6 doesn't
Matt> compile with it. So, I go to the S-LANG home
In your email to me, Matt Kracht, you wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, John Goerzen wrote:
>
> > > I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
> > > to a standard set of "core" applications that will make up the "offical"
> >
> > I *very strongly* disagree. One of the th
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, John Goerzen wrote:
> > I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
> > to a standard set of "core" applications that will make up the "offical"
>
> I *very strongly* disagree. One of the things that brought me to Debian in
> the first place, a
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, John Goerzen wrote:
> > While I understand and applaud the basic concepts behind Debian, it's
> > success will depend on what the commercial community does with it.
>
> I disagree. Debian is free software. If enough people at home use it, that
> will be fine. Or if it pen
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
> Maybe that would be a good idea. What if experienced (or just opinionated
> :-) debian users put up web pages, perhaps at some central location like
> www.debian.org detailing their own mini-distributions.
This is a good idea. Like you said, Debian
Gith writes:
>
>
> I've been watching the debates about Cds, dividing up non-free, and etc..
> And I had a few thoughts I wanted to throw out at everyone.
>
> I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
> to a standard set of "core" applications that will make up the
[ cc'd over to the developer's list ]
> I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
> to a standard set of "core" applications that will make up the "offical"
> distribution of debian. Right now, the distribution is huge and it's
I *very strongly* disagree. One of the
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
>
> I disagree. From what I've read, the Debian charter doesn't stop
> commercial vendors or indeed anyone from making their own distribution
> based on Debian containing as few or as many packages as they want. So
> the Debian team doesn't really nee
Regarding the debian system Willie Daniel thought out loud:
> I've been watching the debates about Cds, dividing up non-free, and etc..
> And I had a few thoughts I wanted to throw out at everyone.
>
> I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
> to a standard set of "
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Gith wrote:
> I've been watching the debates about Cds, dividing up non-free, and etc..
> And I had a few thoughts I wanted to throw out at everyone.
>
> I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
> to a standard set of "core" applications tha
I disagree. From what I've read, the Debian charter doesn't stop
commercial vendors or indeed anyone from making their own distribution
based on Debian containing as few or as many packages as they want. So
the Debian team doesn't really need to get involved in that. Yes the
distribution is hug
I've been watching the debates about Cds, dividing up non-free, and etc..
And I had a few thoughts I wanted to throw out at everyone.
I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
to a standard set of "core" applications that will make up the "offical"
distribution of de
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