--On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 1:57 pm -0400 "Dale Scheetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keep source in Source Format and use the .deb files for what they were > intended, the distribution of "binary" components.
I have little doubt you're right. I know none of the background. But... I think it would be nice to be able to download the source packages as well through the front-end (APT? Are you listening?). One of the things that I prefer about the *BSD distributions is the way you have all the source. In my NetBSD days, I never downloaded a binary - if you'd suggested it, I would have thought that was a funny idea. That has now changed (although I still miss 'make world' - BSD user-land took about 48 hours to build on my 68030). On my debian box, it would be nice for me to be able to say 'hmm.. there's a bug in ls.. that looks trivial to solve, I'll go have a look at the source'. In fact, some kind of automated re-uploading would be even froodier. It goes like this... hmm.. there's a bug in [commonly used utility]. Let's get the source [goes into apt, checks the 'also source' checkbox]. Ahh.. that's an easy one. mymachine# submit-bug-fix And the script runs a diff against .orig.tar.gz, and then allows me to enter a bug into the debian bug-tracker, with automatically generated patch included. This kind of thing would hugely increase the number of bugs we get fixed, if the system was this simple for people who are competent, but busy, programmers... Any thoughts? /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
