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Re: new distribution



On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 12:32 -0600, Chris Larson wrote:
> I'd be inclined to agree here.  That time you're taking to try to strip
> it down is wasted.  The OE/familiar/OZ folks have already taken care of
> this for over 1,300 packages.  I'd recommend either working with us, or
> using stock debian.  Admittedly, my opinion is biased, but I hate to see
> people duplicating work for no good reason.  If you don't like ipkg..
> dpkg and apt and rpm are buildable with the system, and I expect would be
> useful without an inordinate amount of work.
> </shameless promotion> ;)

the problem is that familiar is broke, they arent fixing stuff and many
new problems are being introduced.

They refuse to test stuff after making seat of the pants changes to
packages (look at the latest kernel and ppp updates for an example of
this).  

familiar duplicates work in the way they do kernel development, they
also make it harder on themselves to try to get the kernel mains
streamed, but I get the distinct impression they dont want that, that
they want people to go to them not get a stock kernel, if their patches
were mainstreamed people wouldnt have to goto them.  


This is what I am trying to get away from.  


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