Glenn asked:
> Does anyone know if Infomagic corrected the missing files for Debian
> on their April LDR?
I complained about the missing files to InfoMagic and got the following
reply:
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E.L.
This set was mirrored on the basis of what the Debian Folks
put on their site for a stable distribution. We didn't include any of
the beta release.
regards,
henry m. pierce
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Now there is a short uninterested reply if ever I saw one. It is
possible that it is true though. That's why I think it is a good idea
that there will be official CD images. Maybe the Debian community
should not forbid anyone to just mirror the ftp-site, but it would be
nice if proven CD releases get an `official debian release' stamp or
something like that. Obviously, InfoMagic is not going to get one.
An even shorter and less interested reply (i.e., none) I got from the
debian web master ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) however. I commented that on
http://www.debian.org/vendors.html, there is a link to infomagic's
december 1996 CD-ROM set, which actually leads you to a page about the
April 1997 CD-ROM set, which misses a number of important files. Maybe
it is a good idea to point this out on Debian's web pages, instead of
hinting people to buy that CD-ROM set, _which will not work_ (but then
again, maybe we don't care if they instead start using the Slackware or
RedHat version on those CD-ROM's (if _these_ work...)).
Eric Meijer
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