> How many megabytes is that?
I mirror of most of ftp1.us.debian.org. Some stats:
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[/pub/debian/dists/woody] $ du -s
3800720 .
That's misleading, since that is for all architectures and includes the
source code.
For the binary only stuff, the totals would be:
[/pub/debian/dists/woody/main/binary-i386] $ du -s
1032028 .
[/pub/debian/dists/woody/contrib/binary-i386] $ du -s
52372 .
[/pub/debian/dists/woody/non-free/binary-i386] $ du -s
73528 .
And I don't think that includes the non-US stuff. That isn't that big
though; I'd guess about the size of non-free.
> For example, I think there were close to 20 different Netscape packages
> in Debian 2.2.
Yes, Debian goes for modularity. You can Netscape any way you want --
Navigator only, with or without help, spell check, java, etc.
> I also find the often-touted "quality" of Debian is be somewhat over-hyped.
> [...] It does not mean that either effort really makes that big a
> difference.
I think the key to Debian's quality is that every package has to
conform to common standards -- it has to religiously follow the filesystem
layout, it cannot blow away your custom configuration files, etc. It
doesn't mean that it will be perfect, but there is some quality control
there.
The really big benefit I see if Debian's packaging system is that if
you get things from Debian.Org you know that a Debian developer packaged
them and that someone has checked them for at least minimal quality
standards.
I'm always shocked to see Red Hat people grabbing packages from some
obscure web site or unchecked, contrib'ed source and installing them. My
first thought is, who packaged that package? With Debian, I know that
developer has had to submit photo IDs, have gpg keys verified by other
people, and has had to jump through some hurdles just to get to be a
developer. It doesn't make them any smarter or more experienced, but at
least you're dealing with a known quantity.
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