From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin C.Atkins To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] x10 Message-Id: <20040407134338.31152525.martin@parvat.com> In-Reply-To: <7b4fbce6a2f6b5c04e6b19e29c7530d3@collyer.net> References: <20040407124132.14a45fd3.martin@parvat.com> <7b4fbce6a2f6b5c04e6b19e29c7530d3@collyer.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:43:38 +0530 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5442af66-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 00:30:14 -0700 Geoff Collyer 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! -- Martin C. Atkins martin@parvat.com Parvat Infotech Private Limited http://www.parvat.com{/,/martin}