* Jose Miguel Parrella <[email protected]> [2019-03-20 14:27]: > > One of the questions in my platform hinted at one point: The "package" > > managers various new languages came up with. > > Do you (and other candidates) see this as a threat or as an opportunity?
I absolutely see it as a threat. You can add to threats: The Debian way becoming obsolete in many ways because of a changing technical environment. Can it be an opportunity? I think so, but I don't see anyone working on solutions. > I implied that Debian has technical deliverables beyond a distro: > APT, understood broadly as the libraries, frontends, low-level > tools, build and packaging tools, linter and QA, processes, policies > and procedures, the package metadata definitions, etc. I think this > has tremendous value for the industry. There's also of course the > packages themselves, all of which are important but many of which > have significantly more logic in them compared to upstream. Now I understand your question better. I agree with you, but unfortunately I think this is a key area where Debian used to be respected for its solutions whereas now we're just lagging behind the world. -- Martin Michlmayr https://www.cyrius.com/
