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Server: cvs.openpkg.org Name: Ralf S. Engelschall
Root: /e/openpkg/cvs Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Module: openpkg-web Date: 18-Nov-2002 17:02:46
Branch: HEAD Handle: 2002111816024600
Modified files:
openpkg-web faq.wml
Log:
finally give an answer to this package number question
Summary:
Revision Changes Path
1.14 +37 -0 openpkg-web/faq.wml
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$ cvs diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14 faq.wml
--- openpkg-web/faq.wml 4 Apr 2002 14:06:32 -0000 1.13
+++ openpkg-web/faq.wml 18 Nov 2002 16:02:46 -0000 1.14
@@ -313,5 +313,42 @@
involved packages tested in depth, of course.
</faq>
+<faq id="num-pkgs"
+ title="Compared to the 7000 packages in FreeBSD and 9000 packages in Debian
GNU/Linux
+ the 400 packages OpenPKG provides look rather tiny?">
+ If you compare just the number of packages, this is correct.
+ But you are comparing apples with pears here, because:
+ <p>
+ <ol>
+ <li>FreeBSD and Debian usually package <i>everything</i>, although
+ 90% of the packaged software are just neat toys and far away from
+ killer applications. OpenPKG is the other way round: 90% are
+ formed by essential packages only and just the remainder are toys.
+ <p>
+ <li>FreeBSD and Debian provide packaged software for all types
+ of deployment, ranging from stripped-down embedded devices, over
+ networking servers, up to colorful desktops with all bells and
+ whistles. OpenPKG mainly focuses on deployment on network servers
+ and up to now has just a few desktop-related packages. If you
+ really want to deploy software in non-server situations you should
+ not focus on OpenPKG, please. Then please stick with the packages
+ of other vendors which focus on your situation.
+ <p>
+ <li>FreeBSD and Debian usually package all variants, versions and
+ alternatives of a piece of software. For instance, they provide
+ dozens of possible shells while OpenPKG mainly just provides the
+ most popular ones (bash, ksh, tcsh, zsh). Additionally, they
+ package very often multiple vendor versions (stable, development,
+ snapshot, etc) while OpenPKG most of the time provides only a
+ single version.
+ </ol>
+ <p>
+ All those points together result in the dramatically different
+ numbers of packages. But it is wrong if you think the lower number of
+ packages would mean OpenPKG is incomplete. OpenPKG actually provides
+ far more packages for software than you usually need to deploy on a
+ server platform.
+</faq>
+
</ol>
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