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Re: Is it time to abandon Dpkg?

I'm a real *new*comer here (modconf), but I'd like to add my 
opinion.I did a lot of evaluation before selecting Debian. Some 
of the winning reasons were: fine-grained modularity, start-stop 
installation, partial ftp upgrades, dedication to the free 
volunteer philosophy, (of course, there's much more). 

I've never had severe problems with dselect, but yes, as a user 
interface, it could be improved. Much of the problems listed by 
users (that I've read lately) seem to relate to dependencies that 
haven't been thoroughly worked out before release. This is why I'm 
still running 2.0.6 (gasp) until the dust settles. Would an improved 
method of clearing dependencies between developers help? (e.g., I 
run cron, but don't run mail. Every time I use deselect I have to 
deselect the mail pgms auto selection and override to retain cron.)

If Debian is superior now (it is), then an improved deselect system 
would only make Debian more attractive, and make new converts. 
And yes, I belive that the interface should be curses-based, X can 
come later. Better to boot a system with the basics, work out the 
bugs, then add X.

Bottom line - stick with .deb; improve deselect interface (and better 
docs?); add rpm input ability; do optional X deselect interface.

JMHO, Best Regards to all, JohnT
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