Re: distributing source
Adam McKenna <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Jan 2003 11:08:42 -0800
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On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 12:53:06PM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote: > Frank Louwers writes: > > Then why isn't that trick done by the debian distribution? > > Because Debian isn't a distribution of software. It's an expression > of a certain brand of politics. I don't agree with that.. Debian is different things to different people. The answer of "why isn't that trick done by the debian distribution" is simple.. Debian distributes a qmail-src package that makes necessary modifications at build time. The current package works and complies to Dan's distribution terms, so I doubt that the maintainer is going to change it anytime soon unless there's a compelling reason. --Adam -- Adam McKenna <[email protected]> | GPG: 17A4 11F7 5E7E C2E7 08AA http://flounder.net/publickey.html | 38B0 05D0 8BF7 2C6D 110A