Re: The disappointment with Linux and GNU based OSs packaging systems

From: Sybren Stuvel (sybrenUSE_at_YOURthirdtower.imagination.com)
Date: 04/12/04

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    Date: 12 Apr 2004 17:21:07 GMT

    Victor Nazarov enlightened us with:
    > Do you frequently use some other characters rater than ascii subset of
    > utf8?

    Yes. My real surname is Stüvel.

    > Do you think it's impossible to provide good binary packaging system?

    No, it's not. Gentoo can package the stuff you compile into binary
    packages. It can also install binary packages other people compiled.

    Sybren 

    -- 
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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