On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 12:46:30AM -0400, Christopher W. Curtis wrote: > http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/spec/chap02.html > > ``The current "plan-of-record" is to specify RPM as the file format. ... > no one has pointed out any deficiencies. If you don't like this, then > please propose an alternative.'' i hope debian is doing exactly that, the .deb format is more extensible and more importantly nothing remarkable, just an ar archive with some tarballs. i can extract a deb with unmodified standard tools unlike .rpm. > You seem to have a blinding hatred of RedHat. redhat is just about as bad as Windows. > Debian is a member of the LSB. then i hope they are influential enough to shape the LSB into something sensible instead of just a mirror of a redhat setup. > > if LSB wants us to use that stupid redhat esque /etc/rc.d/init.d > > instead of /etc/init.d will we do that? i hope not. if LSB wants us to > > A malady cured with a symlink. oh thats attractive. why not change the LSB to do it the right way (ie no rc.d) /etc/rc.d is a redhatism. (and a stupid one at that) > It is also useful for remote administration and clustering. funny ssh does just fine without all the bloat and cruft. > Without at least a hat tip (no pun intended) to the LSB, you relegate > Debian to niche markets only, unless you intend Debian to take on the > burden of replacing standard solutions to debianized ones. debian should not blindly follow some standard just because its there. debian should just concentrate on doing things right and in the most efficient and clean way possible. follow the standards so long as it does not conflict with that goal. as soon as the standard requires debian to do something lame or deficient the standard should be changed or ignored. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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