>> "SJC" == Stephen J Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SJC> makes sense...the more upstream developers, the more exposure debian gets SJC> lets face it...when you look around and see "Linux Software" the SJC> first name you see is RedHat and the first package format (not SJC> counting tarball) is RPM... SJC> And thats the kind of stuff that gives them real presense Many programms also have Debian versions, but there are simply not mentioned on the homepages. Maybe the author doesn't know this, maybe he just didn't care to update his page. How about asking the upstream authors to place a link to the Debian version (better only to the directory) ftp.debian.org/debian/unstable/main/admin for example. Maybe also a link to stable. How about a announcement to freshmeat when a programm is newly packaged for Debian? Maybe this should be discussed further in -devel or -publicity. SJC> Now that I have read this I think I will have HIM do the install SJC> with as little coaching from me as possible, then will write down SJC> all his trouble spots, and how I explained it to him. SJC> If anyone is interested I think it could be a great help in where SJC> we need to improve. Good idea. Please do so. Maybe I wil have a chance do do so as well soon. Ciao, Martin -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null