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Re: Shrink-Wrapped Debian?



Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com> writes:

> Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> writes:
> 
> > Are you planning to package this book for Debian?
> > Seems like a good thing to have in the distribution.
> > We already have a few books packaged, but this one seems very
> > good to have.
> 
> It seems somewhat interesting but I don't know if we really need it to
> bloat the distribution.  For one, the book is availble online already.

Whats the url of it? Does any redistributor burn that on an aditional
CD ans sell t with the debian cds?

> For two, it has significant overlap (and is inferior to, IMHO) other
> existing Debian documentation, such as the install manual.  Lastly, it
> is completely i386-centric.
> 
> I mean, it seems like an okay book, but I don't know why there needs
> to be a package of it.

May the Source be with you.
			Goswin


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