Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 03:32:53PM -0500, Richard Hoskins wrote: >> Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > RPM == DEB are of nearly equal capacity. It is the Packaging that >> > Debian Uses and the Proper dependency checking it does. >> >> Yes. Whatever. > > Flippancy doesn't make people more inclined to help you in future...
Yes. That was rude of me. I apologize. > >> If package A needs package B, and package B needs package A, why in >> the world are they two separate packages? >> >> But thanks to you and everyone else who pointed me to the solution. > > Perhaps they are maintained by seperate people, and seperate uploads > / version hikes etc. are convenient. Well, that makes sense. It's unfortunate that the development process could introduce bugs for the convenience of developers, but it's inevitable, I guess, and probably the lesser of evils. -- Lift me down, so I can make the Earth tremble. --Bucky Katt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]