Re: Debian sucks // Ion may become (DFSG-) "non-free"

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that real users compile everything from source -- 
just Ion.  I myself use both Debian unstable and Ubuntu.  I only compile things 
from scratch if they are programs that I really care about and that aren't 
current enough in the distros.

Mike

Peter Schuller wrote:
>> As everyone knows, real Ion users compile from source ;-)  If you need a 
>> distro to manage Ion installation, maybe you should consider some other 
>> WM...?
> 
> I will totally agree on the "debian is always 3 years out of date"
> issue (TRUST me, I feel the pain daily), but I have to disagree
> strongly with the above statement. It doesn't matter how competent you
> are, you do NOT want to maintain thousands of programs manually unless
> you have nothing better to do in your life than managing said
> programs.
> 
> If I want a newer version, assuming I'm not stuck on Debian, it's
> easier to just update the port/pkgsrc package and compile from that,
> than to keep compiling maunally from source with all the
> deinstall/upgrade hell it entails.
> 
>> BTW thanks for a great window manager.  Now I'm ruined forever; all the 
>> other WMs have so much eye candy I feel like I'm going to go into insulin 
>> shock whenever I try them.
> 
> Yep. I am totally hooked.
>