On 6/18/05, Michael K. Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In any case, Ubuntu packages aren't Debian packages any more than > Mandrake packages are Red Hat packages.
If Ubuntu sees itself to Debian as Mandrake was to Red Hat, then that certainly explains a lot. > If you want binary > compatibility, you need to build a system whose engineering outcome is > binary compatibility That's precisely what I'm proposing we should do here! There will never be a better time. -- Ian Murdock 317-578-8882 (office) http://www.progeny.com/ http://ianmurdock.com/ "A nerd is someone who uses a telephone to talk to other people about telephones." --Douglas Adams