Linux fat/bloated

[Peter]

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 08:29:17PM +0300, Peter wrote:
>> Yes, assuming all the packages come from the same distribution and
>> generation. G*d help you if you want to mix from various distros or
>> generations, however.
>
> Well that does make it harder.  Debian's system at least tries to deal
> with that, and usually manages.  There are people who don't know what
> they are doing making packages with crappy dependancies however which
> break things.  The system can't protect you from human error.

Speaking of which, since human error is unavoidable, who would you 
prefer to err, the packager who makes 1 library from 12, or 10,000 users 
who cannot make two nines between them ?

Peter
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