ubuntu apt-get nuthin !

Matt Cahill m-cahill-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed Apr 13 14:17:03 UTC 2005


Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 10:15:45 AM, you wrote:

JS> -snip-

JS> "Following Friday's release of Ubuntu Linux 5.04, Ian Murdock, founder of the
JS> Debian project, told internetnews.com: 'Ubuntu's popularity is a net negative
JS> for Debian.' He explained: 'It's diverged so far from Sarge that packages
JS> built for Ubuntu often don't work on Sarge. And given the momentum behind
JS> Ubuntu, more and more packages are being built like this. The result is a
JS> potential compatibility nightmare.'"

JS> -snip-


  That quote has created quite a lot of discussion in
  Debian/Debian-based-distro circles this week. For example, check out
  the thread here: http://forum.libranet.com/viewtopic.php?t=7726

  Matt



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