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Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> writes:

> I'd like to see Debian emerge as a standard of sorts. All the
> incompatible collections of RPMs, TGZs and whatever holds Linux
> development back, in my opinion.

I'm not sure it holds development back as much as it holds usability
back.  After all, the developers are generally grabbing their source
- From CVS and compiling their own binaries.

> Of course, everyone will argue that "their" standard is best - so be
> it. But I've tried all the big-name distros (SuSE, Red Hat,
> Mandrake, Slackware, etc) and I think Debian's packaging system is
> the most elegant.

That it surely is.
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