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Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate funct



> a) I would not test a new daemon on a working machine, I would use a separate

So?

> b) if you know what you are doing, compile the packages by hand, fix their
> install scripts, and remove the conflicts.  You are trying to circumvent the
> norm.

If I wanted to compile them by hand, why would I even bother with the
Debian packaging system?

> Debian is operating on making the easy case easy.  90+% of our users want to
> just install a package and go.

Perhaps we would have more users if we didn't maintain such a mentality.
90+% of our users probably don't run production servers.  Is there some
reason you don't want to cater to 100% of our users if possible?


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