On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 07:04:42AM -0700, A.J. Rossini wrote:
"PD" == Peter Dalgaard <BSA <p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk>> writes:
PD> later. Whatever happened to the internal Debian discussions on
PD> creating a faster upgrade path for applications?
They created Woody/testing, which is a broken nightmare.
Sorry to jump in rather late on a topic which is bordering off topic but if Debian people are interested I was working for a while distributing Linux in Australia and I'm still in touch with the industry, I'll point out a few observations: * Debian `potato' CDs were popular when they came out but now they are far too out of date to sell. * Distributers don't want to make up their own unofficial Debian CDs they want something complete, tested and ready to stamp CDs. * The various minibook/pocketbooks have are always popular and I don't think that Debian has ever been included on one of these (various combinations of RedHat, Mandrake, and TurboLinux have been). * The RedHat 7.1 CDs (GPL set) are still popular and the `PowerTools' CD includes R-base-1.2.0 and RedHat now have quite low prices on their low-end offerings so people aren't being scared off by the boxed-set premium. Basically the Australian market is very interested in getting distributions on CD because not many people have the tinme and money to download the entire Debian sid down a modem. This is not in any way a comment on the quality of the Debian product but an observation that current Debian packaging is not doing much for the distribution of that product. - Tel -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._