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Bug#468183: Many packaged programs that are doing the same thing



Am 2008-02-29 10:38:56, schrieb Guus Sliepen:
> There is nothing wrong with having multiple packages in Debian that do
> the same thing. However, you can wonder whether it is really helpful for
> the user to have 10 or more light-weight http daemons to choose from. As
> a distribution, we have a much broader view than the authors of those
> http daemons. When we see something like this, maybe we should contact
> the upstream authors and suggest that they work together, so that the
> number of light-weight daemons to choose from decreases but the quality
> of the remaining will be better.
> 
> Again, I'm not saying there should only be one light-weight http daemon.
> But more than 10?

...and if someone want to study HOW a Web-Server is working and HOW
it was implemented?  (e.g. in TCL, Ruby, Perl, PHP, C ASM, ...)

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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