-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 18-05-2005 00:03, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: > On Tuesday 17 May 2005 22:44, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > >>On 17-05-2005 16:44, Holger Levsen wrote: >> >>>In our vision a Custom Debian Distribution is built from one cdd >>>package per CDD (see http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?CDDTool for more >>>info on that). That cdd package is not maintained inside Debian but >>>maintained by the CDD. >> >>To clarify: While most other CDD work is best passed on to Debian, the >>actual CDD package is not intended for inclusion in the official Debian >>archive. > > > Why not? I fail to see the advantage of this.
Debian provides choices of software packages and generic configurations for a local admin to pick from and customize further. CDDs take away choices and automate customization (and maybe more). task-* packages was once invented but later discouraged again. I see skolelinux-* packages as newer (certainly much improved) task-packages, but with same basic flaw: they provide global limitation instead of choice. A package like "harden" also provides global limitation only, but in a generic, extensible way. CDD metapackages aim at being global (or if not, then sorry - I have spent too much time on Skolelinux!). I realize that the discussion if CDD metapackages should be inside Debian or outside is controversial, so thanks, Cobaco, for renaming the subject! - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nÃr: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCi1O5n7DbMsAkQLgRAjdJAKCS0FiFZxl4ds1gyFx04OIFjgT1oACeOB1u A2U0YXS9B9LZDh+M7bLoH3U= =FWA1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
