Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.0.20001202214744.02fc47d0@claborn.net> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 21:54:52 -0600 From: wilson@claborn.net (Jonathan Wilson) Subject: Re: [SLE] apt/rpm At 08:10 PM 12/2/2000 -0600, you wrote:
No way I'm going to install that kind of software. An auto-loading rpm app would have. JLK
Um, wrong. First off you should be installing something that you don't understand onto a production box (i.e. mission critical server/workstations/grandma's only PC...etc....). Second, if you had read the article, or for that matter if you've ever used apt-get (and paid attention while you're doing it) it tells you what it's going to install BEFORE it installs it. If you ever see "patched kernel 2.2.17-xyz" you hit "n" for no. C'mon, you /have/ to pay attention, or else you'll be breaking libraries all the time. Second, if this kind of system is implemented properly, the way Debian did it, there will be a certain system with "stable" and "unstable" branches, as well as "commercial software" "international software" etc, just like Debian's systems. Untested never gets put in the stable section, you you'd be an idiot to install software from the unstable section on a production box. So basically, what you said is only true if you're installing software without paying attention to what's going on. NEVER install unstable software on a mission critical box.... JW