Re: where do NEW packages go?
On Sun, 19 May 2002, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> "Henrique de Moraes Holschuh" <hmh@debian.org> wrote:
> > If you cannot agree to that, and do notice I never said we shouldn't
> > change a few things on the way the filesystem is currently laid out in
> > the Debian GNU/Linux side of things (FHS or no FHS), then you will be in
> > for a very rough ride.
> >
> And if Debian is commited to the LINUX Standards Base, do you expect
> Debian GNU/hurd and Debian *bsd(s) to also comply to the LINUX Standards
> Base ?
No. For one, glibc versioning is different AFAIK. *Unless* the other
kernels are supposed to be running linux binaries, instead of native
binaries for a large section of the archive (due to space constraints, or
whatever); if that's the case, then yes, they would be expected to follow
the LSB in their linux emulation layer.
> To be practical we have to respect each others differences, to a certain
> extent anyway.
Sure. But do notice that this means we must agree on a common filesystem
layout for everything that is not kernel-specific. Massive filesystem
changes simply will never be agreed upon, so only a minimal approach has
much better chances of success.
> I think Hurd people are getting a rough ride, but their strugle is making
> debian better, i applaud their stamina.
They would get a lot less flack if they tried to start these threads just
after the woody release, when people will be in a mood to listen to big
changes.
> > I will love the day I can simply switch kernels on a Debian GNU/* system
> > and not notice any changes in userlevel land, other than the tools that
>
> Ive never even considered that it might be possible, i would also love to
> see that day.
It should, for some of the BSDs at least. I don't know about the Hurd.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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