On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Steve Holdoway wrote:
Ah, the "I'm right, and everyone else is wrong" argument! You can be
almost certain the developers have weeks and weeks of in-depth *nix admin
experience between them when you hear this!
I've heard this quite a few times in my career, but there aren't too many
still around. I think the last one that stuck was splitting /usr into /usr
and /var... and that was a while ago!
Why do people want to fix what ain't broke?
Ah but it _is_ broke.
If version N.M+1 of _every_ package was always better than version N.M
I would agree with you.
But, as my .sig explains, quite likely version N.M+1 has some really
nifty and useful features that, ah, unfortunately borked a real nifty
old feature you can't live without.
If every one did Test Driven Development, that wouldn't happen, but
the silly buggers don't.
At least with Gobo you will be able to live in the best of both worlds.
But where Gobo really is heading in the right direction is on the
security front.
It disturbs me that with _every_ package I install I have to
su
make install
That leaves such a vast amount of room for mischief.
I love Linux, I'm proud of the fact it is so Virus free, but I'm not
complacent. That's a gaping security hole that really does need to be
plugged.
Sorry, I use Debian myself, but Gobo is right about his file system layout.
(Gentoo is right about building from source :-) and Debian is right
about the social contract and APT.
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