Re: portability as a goal for debian?
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 02:36:22PM +0100, Andreas Schuldei wrote:
> * Michael Piefel (piefel@informatik.hu-berlin.de) [010307 14:29]:
> > I feel that calling the whole thing Debian GNU/Linux is quite explicit
> > already. What more do you ask for?
>
> Obviously we also have debian gnu/hurd. Now imagine
> debian gnu/openbsd or debian openbsd. the name debian gnu/linux
> allready implies that gnu and linux are only one of several
> different options.
No, the name Debian GNU/Linux implies, IMO, exactly what it is supposed
to - that we are "Debian GNU", and Linux is one of the options.
Functioning without the GNU tools, while it would be convenient for,
e.g., embedded targets, is not an option that Debian as a whole is
prepared for.
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