A few days ago, David Wright posted a message to this list, questioning the wisdom of Debian's decision to target 11 architectures. He pointed out (with supporting references) that this decision has contributed to a long delay in releasing Woody; of course, other people have said this before.
The main result was that a small number of Debian insiders posted abusive comments in response to David's perfectly reasonable message. (The thread, in case you missed it, has the subject "This post is not off-topic".) With hindsight, it's clear that trying to support too many architectures was a mistake. Of course, everybody makes mistakes. It is truly said that he who never made a mistake, never made anything. But what separates the doers from the wannabes is the ability to admit a mistake, change direction, and move on. If the people in effective control of Debian's direction no longer have this ability, then perhaps Debian is no longer useful to most of us. To save the Debian Attack Team the effort of a search, I'll admit immediately that (like most Debian users) I've contributed nothing to Debian except good intentions and trivial amounts of money. Debian does not need me. And I need a stable release with the 2.4 kernel. Nick Jacobs __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
