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+I have hesitated in starting this page due to the sensitive nature of this relationship and the recent flame war in 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 Efforts
+  * One of the first (most active?) ports to non-Linux system.
+  * Official GNU system distribution.
+
+* Debian Disadvantages of Hurd Porting Efforts
+  * Perceived zealous GNU and FSF promotion.
+
+* 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.
+
+* 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.
+  * Perceived zealous Debian promotion.
+
+-- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 22 May 2002