Re: "Why" Debian Core Consortium ? Why not UserLinux? Why not Debian?

2005-07-28 Thread Michael K. Edwards
On 7/28/05, Jeff Licquia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 14:54 +, Andre Felipe Machado wrote: > > Please, explain these issues. > > The short explanation, I think, is that people often have different > ideas. The longer explanation, I think, can be had by looking back in th

Re: "Why" Debian Core Consortium ? Why not UserLinux? Why not Debian?

2005-07-28 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 14:54 +, Andre Felipe Machado wrote: > Please, explain these issues. The short explanation, I think, is that people often have different ideas. At DebConf, it was announced that there are somewhere around 130 different distros based on Debian. Do you think that bringing

"Why" Debian Core Consortium ? Why not UserLinux? Why not Debian?

2005-07-28 Thread Andre Felipe Machado
Hello, I read the press articles and Ian's blog looking for the DCC reasoning. I still do not realize WHY should DCC be created. There are some very nice ideas: - predictable releases (18 to 24 months server, 6 to 12 months desktop?) - predictable support for time after release - a Debian base core