Steve Holdoway wrote:
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:37:04 +1300
Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But RPM is RPM, and those that care to unmangle it should bloody well do so.
Strange, I've never had problems. But I've had plenty of trouble with
that .deb stuff.
I've had hell with every single major distro release system bar slackware. They all cock up from time to time.
Any yes, I really *do* mean every major distro. RedHat did it first and best
because they were there first, but everyone else soon caught up.
To expect perfection when people are involved is what I call niaive.
Steve
Yes and the brilliant thing about Linux is that we can choose who
generates our cock ups, as opposed to the MS crowd who have to stick
with the MS cock ups.
Seriously, people always rave about "choice" being a big feature of the
free/open software world, and criticizing other people's reasoned
choices is pretty unproductive. People use what they like, and
occasionally ask what other people like when they feel they might want a
change. It doesn't always have to degenerate into a flame fest does it?
I'm not pointing the finger at any one person, but this thread seems to
hover on the verge of a "free vs open vs 'tolerate binary if we have no
option'" debate, as well as the perennial packaging system debate.
If we just stick to the facts, its apparent that the truisms are:
1. no distro has a perfect record.
2. we all know the advantages of free software, but sometimes licenses
other than the GPL are tolerable and/or necessary to some people, its
their choice.
3. ditto binary drivers, binary firmware and commercial software in general.
