Re: "Official CDs"
Bruce> A number of Linux distributions that aren't keeping up with
Bruce> Debian or Red Hat would be well-advised to use 1.1 as a basis
Bruce> for their next release.
> That means they have to plan their releases around debian. However,
> debian has been quite slow when it comes to development.
Yes. One of my goals as new project leader is to deal with that problem.
I won't brag about what I haven't done yet. Let's see if the situation is
better in a few months.
> Moreover, each distribution has its `personality'. Asking distribution
> maintainers to adopt debian as the `base' doesn't sound too appealing,
> considering that they have invested large amount of time in their own
> systems.
I suspect that the "personality" of a distribution is connected to a
relatively few programs. The purpose of basing a distribution on Debian
would be to free the maintainer from having to deal with all of the mundane
programs so that they could concentrate _exclusively_ on the ones that
add value to their systems. For example, I am creating a distribution
called "Linux for Hams" for use by radio amateurs. Because I am using
Debian, I can concentrate on the ham radio programs that provide the
"personality" of my distribution, and trust that Debian provides all of
the basic stuff of a Linux system.
Thanks
Bruce
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