On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 08:02:39PM -0600, William Pitcock wrote: > Debian is about having the possibility of choosing between many options > for the same thing
No, Debian is *about* having a *good*, free operating system. Having lots of choices is a side effect of Debian's organization, it's not what Debian is *about*. > Why does a package need to clarify what's different about it than others > like it? Er, if that's not explained, how in the world is any user supposed to make a choice among the options? If there's no difference among the options, why should we release all of them, adding to the security and QA burden of the distribution? > It seems to me as if you are trying to get people to justify the > packages they want to work on. No - only to justify the inclusion of those packages in Debian. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
