tlug: packages

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Matt Gushee wrote:

> Stephen J. Turnbull writes:
> 
>  >     >> So my idea of a more sensible approach would be to divide the
>  >     >> dependencies into 'required' and 'recommended' types. Then if
>  > 
>  >     Scott> I like the idea.  Unfortunately, I kind of need to wait for
>  >     Scott> Redhat to do this, since if *I* did it, I'd cause all sorts
>  
>  > Debian has had this for _years_.  What's more, it's quite
>  > fine-grained.  You can even "prerequire" a package without which the
>  > setup tools won't run.  (Eg, perl, if your install scrpts are perl.)
> 
> Why do I feel like a Windoze user talking about Linux when I think
> "Yes, I'm sure Debian works better, but . . ." ? <ashamed grin>

Maybe because Debian isn't as mainstream?  no, that's wrong..
Debian's dpkg might have some interesting features, but overall, I don't
think it's better... well, it's better than slackware (IMHO), but...

Oh, and I figured it was time to change the title of this message from 'X
resolution/color depth', since, well, since the subject has changed.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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