On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 12:10:54AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Actually, when Debian was formed it had only one developer, > and no one could contribute packages, since that would have diluted > the distributions tight integration. This bazaar thing has evolved.
I remember Debian 0.04. Basically, it was what we'd nowadays term "base + bootfloppies" - an minimalistic base system on which to build the distribution. Even then, mailing lists were central to development, and development was a group effort. On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 08:41:03AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > My memory doesn't extend back that far, nor have I found any documentation > on that period. I don't think there is much documentation of that period; the Debian mailing list was actually a "Debian channel" on the Linux Activists server run by arl. It wasn't officially archived. > I presume you're talking about Ian Murdock's original plans, in some > sense. Can you elaborate a bit on what those original plans were, and why > they changed to the present (GNU style) form? The original plans are laid down in the Debian Manifesto (doc-debian: /usr/doc/debian/debian-manifesto). Ray -- Tevens ben ik van mening dat Nederland overdekt dient te worden. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]