On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 08:48:08PM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
>
> Hopefully I didn't snip too much and get toasted because of it.
Hmm...
>
> Here is my proposed solution:
>
> Only allow completely documented packages in stable. Other packages can
> go to "non-free" or "Experts Only" or some
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 08:48:08PM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
> Pigeon wrote:
> >It's the result of people providing facilities because they want to, and
>
> I think this may summarize my point(?). For those of you that have
> expertise with Debian, it must be a no brainier to grab a package a
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Mac McCaskie wrote:
> My argument is that as a noobie, I have access to packages that are not
> well documented though the main distribution.
>
STOP ME BEFORE I APT-GET AGAIN
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:48:08 -0600
Mac McCaskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pigeon wrote:
> > It's the result of people providing facilities because they want to,
> > and are free to do it in the way that they want to. Most
> > authors/maintainers of free software provide documentation. Some do
>
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 08:48:08PM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
> Here is my proposed solution:
>
> Only allow completely documented packages in stable. Other packages can
> go to "non-free" or "Experts Only" or some other name that will warn the
> users caution is warrented.
>
> This solution W
Pigeon wrote:
It's the result of people providing facilities because they want to, and are
free to do it in the way that they want to. Most authors/maintainers of free
software provide documentation. Some do it better than others. One or two
can't be bothered to provide any, and users of their pack
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 04:01:07PM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
> Pigeon wrote:
> >But why should they be deprived of the opportunity to use it simply because
> >others can't figure out how to? Sure, it's tough on those who can't figure
> >it out, but that's no reason to make life hard for those who
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 04:01:07PM -0600, Mac McCaskie wrote:
> >But why should they be deprived of the opportunity to use it simply because
> >others can't figure out how to? Sure, it's tough on those who can't figure
> >it out, but that's no reason to make life hard for those who can.
>
> This a
But why should they be deprived of the opportunity to use it simply because
others can't figure out how to? Sure, it's tough on those who can't figure
it out, but that's no reason to make life hard for those who can.
This agruement contradicts itself.
On the one hand it is stated plainly about the
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