Re: why debian on a handheld ?
>>"Glenn" == Glenn McGrath <bug1@optushome.com.au> writes:
> Im sure weve all seen the threads over the years about trying to shrink
> base, while i would like to see it happen i think bureaucracy within
> debian makes it a very difficult task.
Do you have any pointer to that effect? As far as I am aware,
the base system is whatever people who code the base system want it
to be.
> Debian policy makes it difficult to a shrink the system, steps
> debian-installer had to make such as the use of udebs were met with
> resistance all the way, and still arent considered offical packages.
Really? I spend a lot of time on -policy, and I don't recall
much ``resistance'' at all. And udebs are indeed part of debian
(there is an effort being spent to make kernel-package make image
udebs, for instance), and I don't understand how they are somehow
unofficial.
> Getting a debian package for busybox also took a long time.
That depends purely on getting someone to volunteer to package
it, not on a bunch of clerks beating down interested developers.
manoj
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