On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:32:50AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 04:05, Mark Howard wrote: > > Hi, > > There has been much debate about unix system configuration [0]. This > > has resulted in discussion and even a message of support from the fsf, > > however no actual work has been done. > Before we get into details, let me be very blunt. I do not think this > particular sub-project is going succeed, or that it even really makes > sense. > I know I said earlier that I'm a strong believer in the power of free > software, and I am, but what you are talking about would require an > enormous investment in time from the community. The implementation work > *alone*, to cover even 60% of what's out there, would take more > person-hours than I think the entire Debian Developer community has to > offer for the next several years. Besides which, all standardizing our file formats does is make it easier for Microsoft to write Unix->Windows migration tools... :) Strength in diversity! :) > I doubt that even 1000 developers (which we are not even close to > having, I think we have about 250-300 active) would not be enough to > convert even half of Debian's source packages (say about 3000) in any > reasonable amount of time. ... assuming they all signed on to the idea. I doubt many would. Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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