On Sun, 27 Mar 2004, Tim Cook wrote:
> You must use EXACTLY the set of pre-requisites that are available in a
> Debian distribution. For instance....because I use Plone 2.0 I cannot
> participate because Plone 2.0 is not part of a Debian
> distribution....
Plone 2.0 is in preparation.
Debian is obliged to its users and has to care for upgradability for
_all_ users. There are incompatibilies with CMF 1.3 and Plone 1.
Thus we need some time - sorry for that or better - pay full time
developers who send patches...
> if I choose to use another version of a Zope product
> that is not already a Debian packages I cannot ship a copy of it with my
> application because it MIGHT be shipped later as an approved Debian
> product....therefore you are handcuffed to what ever the Debian gods
Sorry, I'm a debian developer since 1998. I never faced a god in
the project.
> If you choose to be 6 - 12 months behind in features and capability then
> Debian-Med products might be worthwhile??
Debian is more about stability than about latest features.
If you think this is not good for medical applications - just
use a different method of distribution. I'm in the
comfortable situation not to make money from providing the latest
and greatest features and can do technical work with a good
distance to making advertising noises. It's always nice to see
people who like my voluntary work and I can live with those wo
do not like it.
> Maybe this is why no one else has distributed a Debian-Med package
> application either?
If you reduce these to practice management applications you might
be right that there are no such applications available this. The
reasons for this situation might be a little bit more complex.
Kind regards
Andreas.
