-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eric Fernandez wrote: > Adam Williamson wrote: > >> A big pat on the back for fpons: >> >> http://lwn.net/Articles/49967/ >> >> "To conclude this lengthy and time consuming experiment involving >> package installations and distribution upgrades, we have two clear >> winners - Debian and Mandrake." >> >> > Yes, and what they consider a disadvantage (the fact that the kernel has > to be upgraded separately) is imo an advantage.
IMHO, the article wasn't totally comprehensive or fair, but this is quite difficult to do, as you need to know each distro quite well. AFAIK, in Debian the kernel must be updated seperately too, but by default the Debian people don't tell you to do that on a dist-upgrade. > A question : under Debian : there is no equivalent of urpmi.update -a ? > Media update is automatic ? Apparently, updating the sources was done earlier before installing mplayer, and I don't think this was taken into account in the points anyway. In other words, the only thing urpmi lost points for was irrelevant (the apt dist-upgrade did not upgrade the kernel, so urpmi should not lose anything for an extra command to update the kernel). Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/fV+6rJK6UGDSBKcRAm6hAJ4icW1afUh6wzX4ZS2046y+08KE9gCdEp2w +IgQzuc8A6UAcwr4cKmBObc= =Fi8l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
