* John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001207 18:14]: > > distributions is the right one. Uncle Debian in his wisdom makes the > > choice for him and takes care of the details. > Fuck Uncle Debian and the horse he rode in on if that's the case.
Now John, I consider myself fairly competent; however, with three dhcp clients to choose from (an actual situation from many months ago) many folks won't know which one is *best*, as defined by ``works on the kernel as shipped''. How are end users, installing their first Debian box, supposed to know that bozo-dhcpcd hasn't been supported for many months (but is still in the distribution) but bozo-dhclient-clown is known to work on the kernel shipped by Debian, is well-supported, and runs easily. Neither package description will mention the issues. *THIS* is where the task- system will help new users -- competent or not. It allows Debian to help people choose, when they don't know what is best -- not when they are too stupid to know what is best. -- ``Oh Lord; Ooh you are so big; So absolutely huge; Gosh we're all really impressed down here, I can tell you.''
