-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Miles Bader wrote: > "Joe Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Is this really needed? Google was very careful in making sure >> that the package installs in /usr/local, and does not interfere >> with the system. Normally the main reason why a debian package >> is better than what upsteam distributed is because using >> upstreams packages will mess with stuff it should not touch. > > I like installing from a debian package even when the upstream > distributions a reasonable binary installation of their own. No > matter how good the upstream, the debian package is almost always > even easier, more consistent, and less to worry about.
Concur. Even if the installer isn't accepted into contrib, but were in a separate mirror like Marrilat, I'd add it. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFElhfnS9HxQb37XmcRAhbdAJ9JgV5PAyY/bGCez/7t3QXkEe+ZTACfQRfw x5hF1BpbpYCfOKGehclLtKg= =g6JZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
