On 29 Apr 2001, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > "Andreas L. Gustafsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Huh!? Is there two different kernels available? > > Yes, GNU Mach and oskit Mach. Debian GNU/Hurd will install the former. > I don't think there deb packages for oskit mach, you'll have to roll > your own. Searching the archives of this list for "oskit" should > provide plenty of good information ... better than I could provide at > least.
OK, I have often read that getting Hurd to run on top of many different microkernels is one main goal. I guess it is still focused on mach then? Probably a good at idea at this time. > > Seriously, I do think that to make Hurd more popular and more widely used > > we need to move away from the .deb way only as fast as possible. > > What Farid said: nobody stops anybody from doing things differently. Nope, and if I learn how to do it, I might try. > > The most popular Linux systems out there is still rpm based, and to > > attract more developers to Hurd I think we need a distro based on > > something else than .deb, but I think that this might not be the > > best place to discuss it. > > I for one, would be interested in how deb/dpkg does not work for you. > I think pointing out these problems is still apporpriate for a Debian > list, as these could be genuine bugs in dpkg (i.e. we could make it > better), things that Debian GNU/Hurd does wrong, or simply > misunderstandings! Of course, the details of implementing a "ports" or > "rpm" or whatever-based Hurd distributions are not really apporpriate > here. No, I don't think there are anything "wrong" with dpkg, but I have a hard time getting used to it. Since I know think might not be the best forum (are there another at all?) I asked for any sources of information to be mailed to me, thus not cluttering up this list. > BTW, your popularity argument has a serious flaw: the most common way > to distribute software is not "rpm", but "zip"/"exe". I think you are right. What I should have said was "in the 'Open Source' movement, probably the most popular packaging system is rpm's. In order to infiltrate the minds of all those Linux fans, wouldn't a Hurd distro based on rpm be a nice idea for getting more of those people involved? Please mail me any thought about this, I'd like to find out how to do it." I have a hard time writing what I mean sometimes. /andreas
