Re: [9fans] x10

[Martin C.Atkins <martin@parvat.com>]

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 00:30:14 -0700 Geoff Collyer <geoff@collyer.net> wrote:
> Ah!  Now I understand why the users of Debian Linux are fanatical about
> it.  I'd never heard a convincing explanation before but this makes a
> lot of sense.  Should I ever have occasion to install Linux again,
> I'll give it a try.

I'm just hoping they can maintain the record, given that the
woody->sarge update will see the number of packages go from 3000 ->
10,000 (numbers off the top of my head, but you get the general
idea!).

Martin
PS
  Yam, apt for rpms, etc are trying to add the fundamental mechanisms
to other distributions, but without the (correct!) dependency meta-data in the
packages, that's all just pointless window-dressing. The meta-data takes
real effort by *all* the package maintainers, and that's not so easy
to retro-fit!

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