Eric Boutilier writes: > Debian, Ubuntu, Mepis, Knoppix, and DSL being Debian based, means that > the Debian architecture is massively ubiquitous and (I think) growing at > a rapid pace.
True. > Of course, despite their popularity, these distros' common way of > handling the dependency and the path problem might truly be a very bad > thing that should not be duplicated as you assert. But weighing the > magnitude of their aggregate popularity vs. your argument, I for one > remain unconvinced. That's fine by me. I just would like to see the answer (whatever it is) come from a very careful look at the requirements and the resulting constraints, rather than just assuming that the feature is good because some particular crowd has adopted it as their solution. It isn't "good" or "bad" because it's on Debian or because large number of people endorse it. It's good only if it solves problems we want to solve and doesn't create new problems that we cannot tolerate and cannot solve. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org