On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 01:30:10PM -0400, David Prévot wrote: > Le 04/09/2010 13:22, Aron Xu a écrit : > > Package: maint-guide > > Severity: important > > Version: 1.2.22 > > > > In version 1.2.22, Chapter 1 of maint-guide says: > > One of the things that makes Debian such a top-notch Linux > > distribution > > is its package system. > > > > Since Debian is not only a GNU/Linux distribution, this should be > > changed to avoid misleading people who read this document. > > Would simply dropping ?Linux? there be sufficient?
I don't have a good idea till now. > > BTW, I'm not sure that this sort of issue deserve an important > severity. > Furthermore, Debian *is* a Linux distribution (and much more), so the > initial sentence is still right. > > Cheers > > David > The problem is whether Debian should be described as a GNU/Linux distribution in its official documents, if yes then the severity should be changed to something lower, if not it deserves such an important severity. I think Debian *was* a GNU/Linux distribution and even till now its major users audience still use Linux kernel. But when the GNU/kFreeBSD is officially in Squeeze, it is far beyond a Linux distribution now. And what's more, GNU/NetBSD and GNU/Hurd ports are also in Debian project. So maybe we shouldn't define Debian on a Linux distribution, but generally a free operating system now. -- Regards, Aron Xu
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