I'm sure that it won't make a whole lot of difference, but RedHat asked me to fill out a survey last week (I used to run all RedHat servers), I answered the survey and explained that I had converted all my servers (15) to debian because RPM just does not cut it. I would not expect RedHat to convert to the 'debian-way', and now that I have the servers running debian, I won't go back (unless debian went away), but if enough RH->debian converts gave them numbers and reasons, maybe (not holding my breath) the will improve RPM and standardize their distribution.
John On Fri, 31 May 2002 10:41:37 -0700 Walter Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 12:21:37PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Unfortunately, if I wanted a "hamburger" in Minnesota in February, > > you wouldn't fire up your grill. > > Um, speak for yourself. Grilling is a year-round thing for some up us > Minnesotan's! Neither rain nor sleet nor snow shall keep us from our appointed > burger filpping... :-) > > > Fortunately, with tasksel, debian isn't _that_ much of a roll- > > your-own distro, like Rock & Gentoo are. > > Yeah, and gentoo has no concept of "stable", and updates just are not tested > well enough. Tried it, moved to debian. > > > I'd give woody to a power user to install on his own machine > > _sooner_ than I'd give him an RPM-based distro because of the > > RPM Hell that he _will_ descend into when he tries to upgrade > > something complex. > > You mean something like the current version of Enlightenment? Been there, > felt the burning embers of hell. RPM just doesn't cut it. > > Unfortunately, these decisions won't be made from a technological point of > view. It's gonna be a "compete with redhat by being similar" thing. Too bad. > If the current customer base of the united linux members and corporate > supporters (IBM / HPac, etc.) were to lobby, THAT might make a difference. > > Although letters of "This is why I dumped you and went to debian" might help > too. > > While I can understand the "who cares what they do" attitude, it is helpful to > have increased corporate sponsership. They have resources and mindshare. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]