On 21 Dec 2001 11:16:49PM +0800, Horatio B. Bogbindero ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
> >> definitely love apt-get. however..first, debian is a humongous waste > >> of bandwidth and resources. i unendlessly complain about synchronizing > >> with external (US-based) debian mirrors and wasting precious IPL. There's a nearer and fast Debian mirror: deb ftp://ftp.jp.debian.org. Nothing against the Korean mirror, but the Japanese mirror has been faster these few days. I can't apt-get to the US debian mirror since they're down for maintenance (i don't know today, though, but yesterday I can't get through the US http Debian server). I just browsed the list of packages to be resolved for Woody to be the next frozen distribution (before being the stable distro in Debian). 150+ packages! 8 major errors. Actually, this is a current raging problem in the ranks of the Debian Project - the number of maintainers has increased, but the quality of the packages has been decreasing, prompting an even slower iteration cycle (I've been upgrading my other boxes here in the office to Sid - nakakahiya ang mga package errors nowadays. Manual ang pag-aayos and it's becoming even more tedious compared to the last time). I don't think that Woody's getting frozen totally within the next few months, given these serious problems. And for that, I'll stick with my Potato on steroids. Paolo Falcone __________________________________ www.edsamail.com _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
