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Re: Gnome 1.0 debs?



On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 MallarJ@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/10/99 6:44:38 AM Central Standard Time, rickmacd@home.com
> writes:
> 
> > Are there Gnome 1.0 debs yet?
> >  
> >  I haven't tried Gnome yet. 1.0 seems like the place to start.
> >  
> 
> Ya know, I don't want to offend any of the developers or anything, but I'm
> curious about something... Why is it that Debian is always the last to get
> packages for any given product?  When KDE came out, rpms were right around the
> corner.  This seems to be an ongoing trend...  Is it just because the Debian
> group is so quality concious?

I don't really think that KDE is the best example.  For quite a while, KDE
wasn't packaged because of the licensing issues.

Keep in mind that there is a whole staff of full time people working on
Red Hat, while Debian developers are volunteering their scarce free time.


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