Re: Future of Debian uncertain?
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 12:12:42AM -0500, Alfredo Valles wrote:
> >RH, SuSE, and Mandrake are aiming squarely at new Linux users. Debian is
> >aiming at more experienced users. Debian is not trying to play the
> >"marketing" game, so it's OK if we're used by fewer absolute people.
> >
> But I imagen that even power users like our fine developers will enjoy
> hardware detection and some graphical tools. Just in case one day you
> need to set up a debian desktop in a hurry.
I agree, as I said in my first message on this thread.
> Are you doing something about it or not?
There is the Debian desktop subproject. I do not know what exactly their
status is. People are working on the installer. Again, I do not know what
their status is.
> I'm just asking a simple question: Can debian users spect a more
> frienly system in a near future?
Yes.
> Do you consider this a priority or not?
I do not consider the existing system to have all that unfriendly of a
design. There are some unfriendly bugs out there -- for instance,
wwwconfig-common in woody breaks all apps that use it with PostgreSQL.
> I don't see why you can't have the first two options in unstable, after
> all is unstable, isn't it?
In general, we do, I think.
-- John
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