On 31/01/05 12:35 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:44:26 +0530, Devdas Bhagat > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > But doesn't apt-src need a Debian source package in the first place? > > RHEL is quite a bit newer than Debian stable. > > > > We can see the same from now onwards as RHEL too has almost the same > release cycle as Debian ( 2yrs IIRC) > > > How maintainable is Debian if the Debian packages do not suit your > > needs, and you build and install from source)? RedHat is quite maintainable > > that way. Of course, RedHat's habit of linking LDAP into everything does > > irritate me, but I can get rid of most of the crap that it ships with. > > > > How do you compare here ? On what grounds do you find RH to be more > maintainable than Debian in terms of "maintainability" ???
Just see what happens to Debian when you install a package from source because there is no package yet available. I haven't had Deadrat die when I have installed source based software without using RPMs. Or when you want to roll back to a previous version of the software using RPMs. Or when you want to backport newer software on RH. RH has saner defaults for software as well (unchrooted Postfix, postgresql.conf in the right place, ...). > > > For those of you who haven't used ports (or Gentoo, or Rock), do so. > > Some of us use Linux because of the customisation we can do to the > > packages we use. Debian just isn't customisable /and/ maintainable. > > > > Why not go for "Linux From Scratch" then ?? Because other distros actually provide usable systems? > And write another package management tool when you reach to the > conclusion that you need to do an upgrade of the system and you can't > make out 2 weeks of time from your busy schedule just to keep doing > the same old "souce code compilation". You have never used FreeBSD or Gentoo, have you? Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
