On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 01:02:46PM -0500, nate at refried.org wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:32:15PM -0500, Joel Wickard wrote:
> > Does anyone know exactly why debian kicks so much ass?
> 
> IMNSHO:
> 
>  - apt-get

Not debian specific

>  - large package selection

Ditto

>  - apt-get

Ditto

>  - local mirror

Ditto (umn, real-time, etc)

>  - small initial install

You can look at this either way =)

>  - all build and development tools are packaged

Not debian specific

>  - easy to rebuild packages with modifications

rpmbuild -b foo.spec or rpmbuild --rebuild foo.src.rpm

>  - don't need to worry about which version of dpkg you have installed

I worry about having dpkg installed at all =)

>  - apt-get

See above =P


> Did I miss anything? ;)

TROLL

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