Re: What's wrong with debian?

From: John Hasler (jhasler_at_debian.org)
Date: 03/01/05

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Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:07:41 -0600

    Jon Dowland writes:
    > Failing to build from source is an RC bug, so a package which doesn't
    > compile on a supported architecture can hold up sarge, *even if it's
    > never used by anyone on that architecture*.

    99% of the time portability problems are caused by real bugs, not
    idiosyncrasies of particular architectures. Porting improves quality. 

    -- 
John Hasler
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