Re: portability as a goal for debian?
On 06-Mar-01, 22:50 (CST), Alexey Vyskubov <alexey@pepper.spb.ru> wrote:
> > Please don't try to let the OpenBSD port of Debian work without the GNU
> > tools. The GNU tools are portable and I don't expect many problems getting
> > them running on OpenBSD. And is there a good reason not to use e.g.
> > GNU make?
>
> For *BSD people GPL is a good reason not to use a program.
That's fine. I am in complete agreement with the right of people to
choose their tools based on whatever reason they want to.
Now explain again why I, a Debian package maintainer, should be forced
to accomodate their prejudices.
Steve
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