Re: Debian IS for the enterprise (Was: Debian Enterprise?)
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:04:17 +1100, Russell Coker
<russell@coker.com.au> wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:49, Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org> wrote:
>> It have been discussed before, I know, but I still find this a problem.
>> Debian is _WAY_ to big! We don't NEED 8000 packages!! On my main server
>> (which is also a 'user server' - imap, pop, mail, shell and what not) I
>> have 1155 packages installed. On my workstation at home 447...
>
>No individual needs 8000 packages, but collectively the Debian users need the
>vast majority of them.
It is, IMO, however, a good idea to split the distribution into
sub-projects that release independently. We have long ago grown beyond
manageable size.
Greetings
Marc
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