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Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel



On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 19:20, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 03:53:59PM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 11:28:50PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> > > >  2.  kernel-image-* contains images in a deb.
> > > > 
> > > >  3.  You seem to have a problem with the kernel-source-* packges, which
> > > >      I honestly don't follow.
> > > 
> > > Do you understand what standarisation means?
> > 
> > "Creation of an arbitrary feature set that all parties involved agree
> > is worse than what they had before".
> > 
> > "Standards" are snake oil.
> 
> I don't expect everyone to agree that following the Debian de-facto
> standards is a good thing.
Sorry, disagree. _Any_ standard, including a bad one, is OK, if 
implemented vigourously. A standard makes it easier to change to
a better one, eventually.

Sincerely,

Jan.




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