* Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> [2003-09-08 07:19:08 -0700]: > That is certainly not all that matters. If every script anyone tried > to write was included in Debian, Debian would collapse under its own > weight. How? I mean, as long as the package was maintained. Although, if you're talking about bandwidth and disk space expenses to the mirror sponsors, then you do have a point there. The phrase "collapse under its own weight" suggests to me, though, that you're talking about something else, ie something about coordinating things regardless of data storage logistics. I guess I'm not really an expert on how the "Debian machine" ticks internally, but it seems like whatever system has already scaled to 8-9000 packages should scale the same way up to 30K or 40K packages? > I find it hard to believe any 340 line script would merit > its own package. I think it would be much more worthwhile to try to > get it added to an existing package, such as one of the command-line > players. While a solution like this is certainly preferable to not having something in at all, I think it's a mistake to package different programs with (potentially) different needs in the same deb. -- John ! Arnold Schwarzenegger: Finally, a public official who can explain the Buttery! administration's social policies in the original German. www.io.c! --Bill Maher, via Bobby the Mat om/~john! (Yes, I know he's Austrian, it's still funny and you know it)
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