Re: [custom] Debian Enterprise - packages
On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 03:18, John Goerzen wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 10:58:12AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, John Goerzen wrote:
> >
> > > First of all. This is obviously not a Debian projects
> > I see it clearly as Debian project and can't find the rationale why
> > you sais that it is _obviousely_ not.
>
> It's not hosted on Debian machines. Nobody designated it ats a project.
> It doesn't use our BTS, it doesn't use our mailing lists, etc. It seems
> they are aiming at having their own separate repository, packages, etc.
Nothing is specified as yet.
The only thing that has been specified are the formation of a couple of
threads on devel for initial discussion.
Given the recent and ongoing scenario, although separate repositories
have not been specified, this might not be a bad thing.
Libranet, a commercial Debian-based distro, feeds off Debian
repositories, but is now creating their own to cater for their own user
base in anticipation of possible future further disruptions. Dependent
on capacity, I don't think that the Danzig boys would mind Debian users
pointing to their facility in times of need. I am familiar with their
attitude.
I note also that Adamantix developers, when a present priority project
reaches completion, have expressed a willingness to commit in the
process of assisting with Pax incorporation into the Debian kernel.
This mental attitude is more indicative of the open source mindset to my
way of thinking, than the mindset coming from those few personalities
here that are possessed by a parochial, insular mentality, that if it
didn't exist, LSB would probably already be a reality without having the
need for a separate organization to be founded to create it.
Where would Microsoft be then? As it is, they're perfectly poised
incorporate Linux:-
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1400161,00.asp
Laughable?
At a recent Comdex, a high percentage of visitors to the KDE booth were
Microsoft employees, and they wanted to know everything about how it
worked!
I believe there was an attempt recently, nearly successful, at
installing a backdoor into the kernel.
How about the recent attack?
Was anything successfully installed?
The suggestion that it was just a game by a couple of script kiddies to
prove that they could do it is an insult to anybodies' intelligence.
Look around and you'll see other signs.
> > > And OpenOffice is the only one that runs on only two -- yes, two --
> > > architectures that Debian supports.
> > Which is a problem for Debian and not for Debian-Enterprise or any other
> > "Custom Debian Distribution".
>
> That's silly. If your Custom Debian Distribution is "Fast AlphaLinux",
> and you specifiy OpenOffice -- which doesn't work on that platform --
> it's your problem too.
>
> Debian Enterprise will have to support 64-bit platforms, which
> OpenOffice doesn't.
The present Debian AMD 64Bit SMP project is Biarch supporting both 64
and 32 bit apps for this reason.
Regards,
David.
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