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Re: Bug#150551: ITP: wmcoincoin -- Stupid dockapp for browsing DaCode sites news and board



On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net> wrote:

> Yes, choice is good. But there's no requirement that every single piece
> of software have Debian package, and no requirement that every Debian
> package be in the main archive -- it's trivial to setup an apt-getable
> site. If your target audience is small, that may be the best choice.

The point isn't, as so many people think, not adjusting sources.list. The
point is integration. Having the BTS. Having the sid->testing buffer.
Having, in short, the advantages of "being in Debian".

> "More" is not necessarily better. "More" is often simply confusing.
> Long-term, archive size is going to cause us to lose mirrors.

I think archive size is increasing slower than hard drive sizes.


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