On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 12:07:11PM +0200, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > * Chris Cheney (ccheney@cheney.cx) [040702 00:52]: > > The Debian AMD64 port now has more installed packages than even powerpc > > making it the second most complete port behind i386.[1] The port is > > still waiting on Scott Remnant to fix dpkg and for James Troup to allow > > it into the archive. > > I think i know two people who are now hurrying to do something > else first. > > an alternative to such a rant would be to call them and talk to > them on the phone. if you keep your voice level down and stay > friendly you would surely even get friendly answers. International phone calls are still a bit expensive and I am currently unemployed. Also, I have no idea what their phone numbers are and at least in James case he doesn't even respond to email so how would I find it out? ;) I have been told by someone after sending the email that Scott plans to upload a fixed dpkg in the next week. > with this kind of rant you damage the amd64 port more then you > help it. try to think first next time. this post was even more > stupid then my (accidently public) vote the other day since it > was on purpose. The amd64 port is very close to forking it has already had several offers for hosting it if the port team decides to go that way. Personally I would switch to a different dist before forking, probably Fedora/RHEL. It seems most people who have contacted me are going to be switching from Debian soon as well. It really is a shame that it is coming to this. A little communication from ftpmaster would have resolved this issue, but as we are all well aware they do not communicate. Chris
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