On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 10:59:01PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: > On Sat, 18 May 2002, [iso-8859-1] Wolfgang Jährling wrote: > > > True. But for most people in Debian, the Hurd doesn't exist at all and > > they "don't feel like caring about the Hurd". That is not only my > > subjective impression, but also what Debian developers said in the past > > (and some did behave accordingly). I would love to see the Hurd people > > and Debian people cooperate, but like Jeroen (and others as well), I > > have given up any hope and don't think that Debian will ever change in > > the necessary ways, as we were even told by people that they are > > unwilling to understand the Hurd-related issues. > > One has to prove they can follow the current standard, before attempting to > change. Could you please give me the standard describing how to port Debian to another operating system? I couldn't find it, but of course I'm just a random fool and you're God, so you can probably give me the url. > And, hurd has not even done that. Done what? Being compatible with Linux? That won't happen. > Once we see that they can fit in with the rest of Debian, then hurd will be > given the credence it desires. Until then, most requests will fall on deaf > ears. I doubt the Hurd can fit i with the rest of Debian. We need a lot of changes for that, especially in the attitude of the cabals, I don't think that will ever happen. Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber ID: jdekkers@jabber.org IRC ID: jeroen@openprojects GNU supporter - http://www.gnu.org
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