----- Forwarded message from root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 23:05:31 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: use deb for programming X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14-15mdk i586)
I am thinking of switching to debian. I understand that deb packages are better than rpm if you are doing programming, but I am not clear as to exactly why. I am installing apache, perl, python, postgresql, mysql, php, zope, etc., from source. I also might need several versions of the same thing. For example, php needs python 1.5.2 and I want to play with 2.0. I have been removing the rpms and installing from source so I can have the flexibility of configure. Now, the rpm database isn't going to know about any of this, so I am not sure there is any advantage to using it under these circumstances. I have read that deb is still useful in this configuration, but I don't know how or why. I think you must have some important insight on this. You might want to put some discussion of this on your site. For people who are using a system normally, I suppose either package format is ok. It would be nice to have an unbiased view that if you are using your system for x, then package format y is the best, and here's why. I'me using mandrake now. I have played with slackware, redhat, suse, and debian (I think it was 2.0). I would like to have kde and I see that the latest debian (potato 2.2 ?) doesn't have it. I think there is a deb for kde, but it would be a bear of a download on my 56k modem, so I think I would rather wait for debian with kde on cd, but I think it might be a long wait. If I am better of programming on debian, I can suffer through it though. I read that deb is so good that I can, for example, apt-get kde 2.0, and without any further intervention, all the right stuff gets done; and, that for maintaining a remote site, I can even update the kernel and have it install and reboot remotely. Does this really work? Regards, Mark Rainess ----- End forwarded message ----- -- see shy jo
