On 0, Dr Nick Jacobs <njacobs@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 10:06:02PM -0700, Dr Nick Jacobs > > wrote: > > > (about the 10 different ftp servers in Woody) > > > Why eliminate any? The whole idea of open source > > software is that it > > scratches an itch. Just because it doesn't scratch your > > itch, or even > > the itches of the "majority" doesn't mean that it isn't > > worthwhile. On > > the other hand, perhaps Debian could adopt one of the FTP > > servers as the > > "preferred FTP daemon" much like it seems exim is the > > preferred MDA. > > Identifying one (or two) of the 10 as the "preferred > FTP daemon(s)" would be worthwhile. > > As for "why eliminate any?", the multiplicity is not > without cost. First, the more users a program has, the > more likely it is that bugs will be uncovered (and > fixed). So fragmenting the user base among too many > different implementations will tend to slow down > the rate at which bugs get found and fixed. > > Second, there's simply the number of CDs, or size > of the downloads, in the distro. The size of downloads is a non-issue, since apt only downloads what you need. As for the number of CDs... what does a CD cost? A$0.80? If there is a Debian user who can't afford 80 Australian cents for another CD then where did they get their hardware? Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "That you're not paranoid does not mean they're not out to get you." - Robert Waldner Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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