On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:33:43 -0400, Steve wrote in message <20160711123343.5c936...@mydesk.domain.cxm>:
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 09:00:02 +0200 > <emnin...@riseup.net> wrote: > > > Am Sun, 10 Jul 2016 08:47:57 +0000 > > schrieb Joel Roth <jo...@pobox.com>: > > > > > What's your experience with slackware and its > > > dependency/packaging system? > > > > Generally, i like it. It has way less dependencies compared to > > debian. And in the end it's quite well manageable. > > I don't use Slackware because their package manager won't figure out > dependencies for me, causing me to need 10x the time to install some > things (and I install a lot of stuff --- did I ever mention I write > books for a living?). ..so which do you prefer, Slackware wee mess, or being at the mercy of Poettering & Co? > On the other hand, a lot of people I respect (including emninger) love > Slackware specifically because it leaves figuring dependencies to the > user, leading to a relatively dependency-lean environment. ..aye, means you will have to do a _predictable_ wee bit more. ..can we (Devuan) lean on Slackware and alien conversion, at least as a backup plan B to the potential Debian trap? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
