On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 04:38:52PM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting David Weinehall <tao@debian.org>: > > > No, because if we only had, say, 3000 packages, a lot of people wouldn't > > have their pet packages left in Debian, and thus nothing to care for... > > Would you become an active apache2-maintainer if we dumped Roxen? After > > all, we don't need more than one webserver, do we?! > > Yes we do, Well, that's your opinion. In my opinion, we don't *need* 20 webservers, 14 MTA's, and whatnot[1]. Then again, my laptop isn't really a webserver, and I do understand the reason for the fact we do have 20 webservers and 14 MTA's: Having more packages implies having more choice. Choice is good. > but we don't need xMb of Linux Gazette, Shall we throw out doc-linux-text and doc-linux-html while we're at it? > 'lots' of megs for misc games etc. The list can probably be made > long... That can be provided by any of the the Debian GNU/Linux > derivates... Why do you insist on putting these in their own private tiny bit? Isn't it better to have a "Universal Operating System" which can be employed in any number of ways, including a mixed system? [1] try for yourself: grep-available -FProvides httpd -sPackage|wc -l grep-available -FProvides mail-transport-agent -sPackage|wc -l -- Wouter Verhelst Debian GNU/Linux -- http://www.debian.org Nederlandstalige Linux-documentatie -- http://nl.linux.org "Stop breathing down my neck." "My breathing is merely a simulation." "So is my neck, stop it anyway!" -- Voyager's EMH versus the Prometheus' EMH, stardate 51462.
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