On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 02:31:01PM +0200, Wolfgang Jährling wrote: > I certainly have never ever before seen a distribution as coherent as > Debian; but it is easy for you to say that Debian GNU/Hurd should follow > the rules of Debian and not attempt to change them, NO! That is not what it means. It means that the changes should be attempted *through the established procedures for changing things in debian, not by creating a seperate set of rules for debian/hurd.* Generating consensus with other groups in debian to change general policy points is a valid approach. Saying "we're going to make our own debian policy because we don't like your debian policy is not a valid approach. Yes it's hard to gain consensus, but that doesn't mean you should give up if you think you're right. > And please also note that (as has been said before) the GNU/Hurd people > have been hoping to make a release inside of Debian, and some have even > been hoping that Debian GNU/Hurd might become _the_ GNU system. That's probably misguided. Debian and GNU are seperate organizations, if sharing some common goals and components, and their objectives/philosophies do differ in some key areas. That is probably insurmountable, and I encourage the growth of a GNU OS that's controlled *soley* by GNU people, if they want an OS that doesn't have to make compromises. I think that would make some people on both sides happier. This is not to exclude the possibility of a debian/hurd, but to keep people from being surprised & disappointed that debian/hurd != gnu. -- Mike Stone
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