On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:44:26 +0530, Devdas Bhagat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But doesn't apt-src need a Debian source package in the first place? > RHEL is quite a bit newer than Debian stable. >
We can see the same from now onwards as RHEL too has almost the same release cycle as Debian ( 2yrs IIRC) > How maintainable is Debian if the Debian packages do not suit your > needs, and you build and install from source)? RedHat is quite maintainable > that way. Of course, RedHat's habit of linking LDAP into everything does > irritate me, but I can get rid of most of the crap that it ships with. > How do you compare here ? On what grounds do you find RH to be more maintainable than Debian in terms of "maintainability" ??? > For those of you who haven't used ports (or Gentoo, or Rock), do so. > Some of us use Linux because of the customisation we can do to the > packages we use. Debian just isn't customisable /and/ maintainable. > Why not go for "Linux From Scratch" then ?? And write another package management tool when you reach to the conclusion that you need to do an upgrade of the system and you can't make out 2 weeks of time from your busy schedule just to keep doing the same old "souce code compilation". rrs ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
