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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.
This is a work in progress. Please email me directly if you have comments or suggestions.
* 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
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