Re: The Debian Alpha maintainers have some inappropriate elitism
on this note, i will present a little question...
are there any documents available that list what packages
really go into a basic linux based system? the source
packages that is...
here is the story...
i am trying to put together a simple (read handi-capped)
linux distro that i can run on alpha and intel (and maybe
sparc if i can ever affoard one ;) but i am having lots
of problems... i think that this could be accomplished with
realitive ease if a list of source packages (ie sysvinit,
util-linux, linux-2.x.x.tar.gz etc ;) where to find them
(the latest and greatest versions) and who and how to
contact the authors...
if such a document does not exist would anyone be willing
to help me make one?
thanks
nick
At 08:41 AM 10/23/97 -0400, Christopher C Chimelis wrote:
>On 22 Oct 1997, Terrence Brannon wrote:
>
>> I dont understand why the Debian Alpha maintainers want to act as if
>> Alpha users dont exist. We are constantly ignored when asking for
>> installation instructions and constantly ignored when making FAQ
>> suggestions.
>> They seem to want to talk over our head.
>
>Well, first off, thanks for bringing this up.... :)
>
>Anyway, I can only speak for myself, but I've found everyone on this list
>quite friendly and "approachable" when it comes to getting help. Granted,
>installation instructions are tough to come by (mostly because alot of us
>did installations when there weren't boot disks available yet), but we're
>working on it.
>
>Also, I haven't seen a FAQ on this to begin with, not to mention heard of
>any FAQ suggestions. Maybe it's just me, but where exactly are these
>people asking for help? Maybe one of us should be watching debian-user
>since I suspect it's coming up over there....
>
>Honestly, though, I can see how some may say this list is a little
>"aloof", but more out of circumstance than intent. Most of us are
>technical people and are overloaded with compiling packages and dealing
>with x86 maintainers who act like WE don't exist. To say the least, it
>gets frustrating...
>
>In short, we're all doing this in the spare nanoseconds we have in our
>lives, so please have patience with us.
>
>Anyway, I'll toss this out right now...if ANYONE needs help with ANY
>issue, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE post it to *THIS* list. If I don't see a
>question here, I can't answer it (I don't have time to monitor debian-user
>right now). If I can't answer it myself, I'm sure someone here can.
>
>That's just my feelings on this....
>
>Chris
>
>
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