Holy War: RE: Package management vs. ./configure

[Jim]

yer making Debian sound more and more attractive

On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> So you think Helix GNOME's install/update utility is
> nifty, eh?  Close your eyes.  Imagine an ENTIRE
> Operating System like that.  Poof!  Debian!
> 
> BTW, Helix IS pretty cool!  To install/upgrade Helix
> GNOME on Debian:
> 
> 1.  Add the line
> 
> deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian woody main
> 
>     to /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> 2.  apt-get update
> 
> 3.  apt-cache search helix
> 
> 4.  apt-get install task-helix-core task-helix-gnome task-helix-gnome-dev
> 
> 
> To ensure that your entire OS is up-to-date, just run
> 
>      apt-get update
>      apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> every night or once a week.
> 
> 
> D
> 
> * On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 08:43:21AM -0700, Jim wrote:
> > As far as ease-of-installation goes, HelixCode wins hands down.  Not only does
> > it install all of the selected Gnome packages that you request, it finds,
> > downloads, and installs all the dependent packages.  What could be easier?
> > 
> > On Mon, 10 Jul
> > 2000, you wrote: > Golly.  A Holy War.  I haven't seen a good one since the
> > days when > people thought vi was superior to emacs. 
> > > 
> > > Who?  Me?  Throw gas on a fire?  
> > > 
> > > NEVER.
> > > 
> > > David
> > > 
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> > Jim
> > 
> > Zope is cool!
> > 
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Jim

Zope is cool!