On 06/11/06, Graeme Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 06/11/2006 09:16, Peter Bowyer wrote: > > An interesting article on The Register over the weekend from Nick Kew > > of the Apache project discussing the 'support vacuum' created when OS > > distros 'mutilate' the standard configuration of an application.... > > Most interesting to me is the last part of the article: > > <quote> > "A plea to Debian and Ubuntu: if you must repackage Apache in a > radically different manner, please document it properly! That includes, > along with the manual, a prominent notice to your users, that Apache and > third-party documentation and support describe something different, and > will not always be applicable!" > </quote> > > Now as far as I can tell, and I'm no Debian or Ubuntu expert, that is > *exactly what Marc (and/or the rest of the Debian packaging team) has > (have) done*. And we *still* get relatively novice users taking no > notice whatsoever of the comments, notices, or documentation; they then > turn up here electronically and go away feeling put out, upset and > offended because we tell them (with varying levels of politeness) where > they really need to be.
And one comment has been posted to the original article bemoaning that Debian still package Exim 3. That Debian user has obviously been living in a cave for over a year (or longer, Marc?) Peter -- Peter Bowyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
