From: junio@twinsun.com (Jun Hamano) Subject: Re: Question and Observations Date: 29 Dec 1992 18:26:53 GMT
In article <1992Dec29.165604.17462@athena.mit.edu>
whit@Tymnet.COM (Kendall Whitlatch) writes:
I just wanted to extend to Peter my thanks for compiling the SLS package.
If it wasn't for him I think the spread of Linux would have been VERY
limited. I personally am not interested in combing through all the FTP
sites trying to find code that I can run on (much less port to) Linux.
Peter takes a pretty good beating here on C.O.L. every time any minor
flaw in the package is found. I think he needs a little applause for
even attempting the task in the first place.
Thanks again.
I regret that I sounded as if I were saying minor flaws in SLS
releases were causing harm to the users. That was not what I
meant to say; I apologize. As everybody says, SLS releases have
brought a tremendous benefit to linux community with its ease to
installing a usable system in more-or-less `out of the box'
manner. What I wanted to say was, when we encounter flaws in a
SLS release, we should not just complain, but we should help
improving it, since it has so much influence on how most users
organize and manage the system on their boxes.
Peter, thanks again.