On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 18:32:37 -0600, you wrote: >[ Note: I read the list. I don't need nor do I want copies of mail >sent to the list. In this case you sent a copy to me with a different >message id than what went to the list; something is broken at your >end. Please respect my Mail-Followup-To: header. Thanks ]
Sorry, I am just getting used to the fact that I must copy and paste the return address when I reply. >You say apt is "flawed." Fine, open a bug. Quit using apt, download >packages yourself, and install them using dpkg. No, I just want to say what appears to me to be something that could be improved in the presence of people who can do something about it. I hear such people read this list. >You say (in another email) that you are a programmer and you think >this should be an obvious solution. No, if it was obvious, it would already be done. >Fine, fire up $EDITOR and code >away, submit patches, start your own distro, whatever. If that's >beyond you, try to understand _why_ things work the way they do. Yes, I understand, it makes programming simpler to put files all in one place. >Read >the FHS. Read "Essential UNIX Administration" (Frisch). As a system >administrator I would be appalled by a system that works the way you >seem to want it to work. As a programmer I see nothing but a >minefield for little to no gain in usability. I am not asking for random placement. I am asking to decide where some things will be put. If I do that, I will know where they are. >Finally, I note that you have never posted your partitioning setup or >the output of df and du to back up your argument that apt is flawed. >Therefore I believe that I and others on the list will instead >conclude that your system administration is flawed. I don't suppose df or du would convince you of much. But I suspect my comments have been heard. If the powers decide my comments have virtue, it could be that a change will be made. Gleason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]