On Sun, 19 May 2002, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > The big question is if Debian (GNU/Hurd) can and/or should be the GNU > system. This is probably too big a question, and is not specific enough > (what does it exactly mean, to be the GNU system?) and has potential to be > loaded by emotions.
Not being obstructed by any form of knowledge about the subject, I think Debian GNU/Hurd can never become the GNU system, simply because such a system could only be made by GNU itself, not by Debian. As I see it, Debian GNU/Hurd can, at most, be a system that helps people install, test, hack on, and play with, the Hurd as it is now. It can never fulfill RMS' dream he wrote down in the GNU Manifesto; consider the fact that Debian and GNU define 'Free Software' in a different way. > Frankly, I am scared to ask this question, and I don't > see the point in asking it right now anyway. (So please let us not even > start to discuss it here.) too late ;-) Although I can not or do not want to define what it means to be "the GNU system", I don't think Debian can provide it. > I don't agree that the Hurd should simply try to implement Debian's policy > wherever possible, and only try to change what absolutely is impossible to > implement. I should have been more clear there: Debian's hurd-i386 port should do so. The Hurd, of course, should do what it thinks or feels to be best; and if that means 'implement GNU Coding Standards to the letter', then so be it. Still ... > The process of reevaluating Debian's policy is a healthy one, > and can only lead to an even better policy. ... I don't think anyone could argue that part. <snip> -- wouter dot verhelst at advalvas dot be "Human knowledge belongs to the world" -- From the movie "Antitrust" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
