>===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >This reminds me, Gentoo ebuilds are flexible enough to build directly from CVS without changing the user commands (I expect this is how E17 is packaged). >In my one brief look at Debian I got the impression that .deb files are scattered to the four corners of the net, and just finding where they are located is a hassle. Is this true or me being naïve? Gentoo is still young enough that there is really only one main tree & one totally >out there tree (at breakmygentoo.net)
Just you being naieve? :) All official packages can be found on, surprise surprise, debian.org If there are 3rd party packages around too... well... how is this a problem? Nobody's forcing you to use them ;-) For the official packages, just like any other distro, there is one main source. There are of course mirrors of that, but since when are mirrors bad? Cheers, Gareth
