>>>>> "David" == David Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
David> I really only see a need for two trees -- one stable a.out and David> one experimental ELF. IMO, the experimental a.out tree should David> only be a short-term repository for bug fixes to be checked out David> by developers or beta testers before going into the stable David> tree. There are independent libraries, a basic level of kernel support, and different compiler targets. How do ELF and a.out conflict? David> However, has anyone else David> noticed that Debian is now the only major Linux distribution David> that has not converted to ELF? I haven't seen it publicized David> much, but even Linus has switched to ELF! Yes! ELF is a fundemental improvement, but not a fundamental change. There isn't a need to "switch".

