> The discussions have been lively and interesting, by the way. Flames were
> (needlessly) thrown.
Tell me :-) . I will indeed split the list pretty soon.
> Parenthetically, I am still confused by the fact that Debian has it's own
> way with kernel sources and headers
Our way becomes the standard for all Linux when the other distributions adopt
LIBC 6. It just worked out that way.
> as well as sources for packaged modules.
This is more an issue of maintainer convenience, I think. I agree it's
possibly more difficult for someone who needs to build a custom kernel.
> [Meaning not that I might want
> personal advice, but rather that I would appreciate the availability of
> documentation and a system conforming to some global standards (isn't that
> pretty much what *nix is about?)].
I'm going to a standards meeting with FreeBSD and SCO and the other Linux
distributions today. We really are working on this.
> The Debian watchword has been from early on, a system that can be painlessly
> upgraded. At least twice, this watchword has failed---when a.out moved over
> to ELF, and when libc5 moved over to libc6.
Hey, Debian's libc6 isn't done yet. If you are running "unstable" you should
expect a bit more trouble. We did gain some experience with ELF.
When you change the executable format of the entire system you can expect a
few snags.
> In between these big changes, have been an endless stream of smaller changes.
>
Is this good or bad?
Thanks
Bruce
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