-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Francis Giannaros wrote:
On 9/20/07, Pascal Bleser
wrote: [2] http://packman.links2linux.org
All in all, 14000 binary packages is probably a pretty accurate estimation.
Just a note as well that comparing physical amount of packages between distributions in a typical way might not be so meaningful because of the different packaging methods. openSUSE packaging did (particularly in the past) tend to be a lot more modular.
Less modular, actually ;)
For example in KDE3 while we have kdebase3, in Ubuntu/Debian they have kdebase, kate, kfind, kcontrol, khelpcenter, kwrite, kwin packages etc etc ...for the same one package that we would have.
True. Debian has lot more fine grained packages than openSUSE (which is probably rather a good thing (for Debian), although both have pros and cons).
So frequently people get the impression that Debian-based distributions have thousands of thousands more applications because of what Synaptic and Adept tells them (in contrast to YaST), but it's not so clear-cut.
True. But well, I doubt Lucas is collecting that information to do some distro bashing ;) It's worth noting though.
A more interesting comparison might be the amount of bin/* files.
Not sure that would be a better indicator in any way.
Source packages is interesting too.
Yes, source packages are much more informative than binary packages, which is why the numbers I gave Lucas are mostly mentioning the former.
As for learning about the community -- why not join us for a while and see what it's like? :-) Getting involved in other communities is not nearly as difficult as you would think (for example, anyone can get an openSUSE build service account straight away), and it's the best way to get a real idea of things, especially if you're willing to investigate with the tools around etc. :-)
I'm sure Lucas already has a lot of work on his hands ;)
But clearly, I'm 200% in favour of any cross-distro effort of any kind
(heck, I'm organizing the developer rooms at FOSDEM ;)).
Keep the trolls away, get the people who really do stuff together, and
something can be done, for sure.
Lucas' initiative could be a starting point for something, who knows.
Which is why I think the mailing-list he's proposing is even more
interesting wrt that.
cheers
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