Bruce Byfield wrote: >On Fri, 2005-21-10 at 20:25 -0400, Wesley Allen wrote: > > > >>Running alien is NOT a big deal - since about build 120 (I think) I >>haven't needed to do any of the tweaks that were required around the >>first beta release. It works fine - you get the packages tailored to >>your machine - they run well AND they are seen by the default package >>manager for the distro then. No worries... >> >> > >It may not be a big deal for you, and it's not a big deal for me. >Apparently, though, it is a big deal for some users. The days are past >when you could assume that every user of GNU/Linux had a certain body of >expertise. > >
>Besides, since .debs can be made with relative ease, why not offer them >on the web site already made? That would certainly be more convenient. > > > I have no idea, I know there are debs out there for all the builds, but running alien is just more covenient... >Also, people have been asking for them off and on for over a year, but >the requests have apparently been ignored. > > Not really, from what I've heard is that they're leaving that up to the individual distros to do. I don't have a problem with this. WEs T --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
