On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > b) if you know what you are doing, compile the packages by hand, fix their > install scripts, and remove the conflicts. You are trying to circumvent the > norm.
But I think, to be fair, that what he's proposing *isn't* necessarily `not the norm' -- any decent-sized ISP could easily have cause to do this, and it would seem better just to tweak the packages slightly to let them both install than make a back-to-the-grindstone exercise. > Debian is operating on making the easy case easy. 90+% of our users want to > just install a package and go. Oh jeezus. This sounds like a Microsoft slogan. I thought Debian was about handling every case -- for the novice, to the guru -- flexibly, powerfully and elegantly. I had no such idea that was a lowest common denominator appeal element here. It sounds like a crude idea/slogan to try and reverse ratings like PCPlus hands out: "Debian -- for pros, don't touch it" (which I agree is a problem). -- Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ( http://www.fluff.org/chris )
