Re: 1.0

[Carlos Carvalho <carlos@snfep1.if.usp.br>]

Matthew Swift (swift@bu.edu) wrote on 15 November 1995 00:25:

 >It would work on a fresh Slackware, but who has a fresh clean Unix of
 >any kind?  I have tried hard, but I haven't even kept Debian clean;
 >when I used Slackware, it was much more sloppy still.
 >
 >For example, I've found it strongly desirable if not necessary to mess
 >with files in /usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp, /usr/lib/texmf, /usr/doc,
 >/boot, /dev, and of course /var and /etc.

Keeping a distribution intact is an illusion. I've just installed it
and have already changed many things. A distribution is only good
for a start, particularly the base part. The packages are more
"upgradable" from the distribution.

Carlos