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-I have hesitated in starting this page due to the sensitive nature of this relationship and the (May 2002) flame war on debian-devel and other mail lists. I believe that rather than guessing about relevant points of the discussion, the facts should be presented in a clear manner. I hope the facts presented here are accurate and precise enough to be helpful in the ongoing discussion. I have not read all messages in all relevant threads.
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-This is a work in progress. Please email me directly if you have comments or suggestions.
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-* Debian Advantages of Hurd [[porting/guidelines]] Efforts
- * One of the first ports to non-Linux system along with \*BSD and win32.
- * Official GNU system distribution.
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-* Debian Disadvantages of Hurd [porting/guidelines]] Efforts
- * Perceived zealous GNU and FSF promotion.
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-* Hurd Port Advantages of Debian
- * Glibc use.
- * Gcc use.
- * Debian reputation
- * Debian mirror infrastructure - ftp, both official and private. Includes bandwidth, hardware, maintenance efforts.
- * Debian www infrastructure - many languages supported, mirrors.
- * [Debian developer machine](http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi) infrastructure, many architectures, compile farm, buildd software.
- * Many Debian Developers maintaining software packages, bug reports, porting efforts.
- * Bug tracking system - BTS infrastructure
- * Package infrastructure architecture capabilities are improving. dpkg update in progress.
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-* Hurd Port Disadvantages of Debian
- * Possible DFSG vs. Free Software compatibility issues.
- * BTS Severity practices/use for unreleased ports issues.
- * Debian non-parallel development issues.
- * [Architecture handling](http://master.debian.org/~brinkmd/arch-handling.txt) issues.
- * Linux base history with assumed Linux assumptions.
- * Possible incompatibility of third party standards compliance issues. i.e. LSB, FHS, GNU Coding Standards
- * Perceived zealous Debian promotion.
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--- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 22 May 2002