[svlug] Debian testing / unstable
Rafael Skodlar
raffi at linwin.com
Thu Nov 29 14:49:01 PST 2001
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 01:30:27PM -0800, Marc MERLIN wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 12:01:46AM -0800, Drew wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 06:54:18PM -0800, Marc MERLIN wrote:
> > > With RH, they once again broke compatibility in RPM, so RH 7 package can't
> > > even be manipulated with RH 6.x (unless you get a special patched RPM
> > > package)
> >
> > Yeah, like you've got to walk to Durham and cut them a check for the
> > RPM? If that's a gripe, I don't get it.
>
> The problem is when RH 7 came out, it was just about impossible to get your
> hands on an rpm binary for RH 6 and below that was able to install RPM 4
> binary or source packages.
>
> It was a real pain in the ass, and RH eventually put out an RPM 4 rpm
> package that installs on RH 6, but in the meantime, most folks were SOL
> (you had to find the RPM source, and compile that)
It was easier to get tar.gz and install. What bothers me about RedHat more
than anything is the fact that they DO NOT KNOW what "the server" is.
There is one lousy (TM) selection during install which cobbles together a
almost useless machine. I wish that somebody (Turbolinux was close when I
checked them 3 years ago) would create a distribution that would let me
install "the server", i.e. let me select a combination of services for a
particular server; printer server, www, NFS, NIS, etc. and configure it
for secure service.
I had high hopes for Progeny based on Debian. As a commercial product it
would make it more legitimate in the corporate world but it didn't turn
out that way.
>
> Marc
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>
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