DISCLAIMER: I've haven't take a look at the .dsc (Debian SourCes files, right?)
I've been pondering on Debian's future more and more, and I've wondered if: 1) The package system could switch on something more source-based. I mean, there have been a few discussions on optimizing packages. (Debian-i686) On a compile it yourself, the package can hardly be more optimized to your computer. Maybe something CVS-like, with snapshots taken by the package maintainers every time a few major things have been put in and tested enough. Then packages would enter the well-known stable-dist approval tests. On a good architecture, source-packages would eventually be a simple rule-sheet applied to a CVS tree. (Put that binary there, symlink this to that, etc... ) The main idea would be to conceive a single main architecture for easily portable source, to the more and more ports needed by the whole Debian project. (Linux-i386/alpha/sparc... and Hurd, who'll probably someday become Hurd-i386/alpha/sparc... you get the point? ;) ) But then, that can easily become a MAJOR overload on the already hard pressed FTP sites. And probably will need a more powerful database engine running behind apt/dselect/dpkg. And at least a few months to conceive correctly, BEFORE starting to code. But has such a major change some future? 2) Anyone ever thought of Debian (GNU?)/BSD? Is the BSD licence compatible with the Debian policy/requirements? Christian Lavoie [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 947212