On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Nick Busigin wrote:
> I'm another Debian user and am quite pleased with the Debian packaging
> system. As far as dselect, I've grown to like it now that I'm comfortable
> with it. However, I still use dpkg (for which dselect is a friendly front
> end) for small modifications and additions to my system. It's my
> understanding that there is a new and friendlier package manager being
> worked on. I think it's called deity. There's also been some talk on
> the Debian lists about creating a simpler installation that would consist
> of choosing between a few fixed configurations, instead of the current
> method which has you choose individual packages - precisely to make it
> easier for newbies.
I remember some of the talk on the Debian lists about this where people were
discussing some of the various configurations, like "graphic design
configuration," "business configuration," etc. This could go well with
what's been discussed on this list.
So far, it seems as if the bottom lines are "simpler installation" and
"more/better/different documentation."
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