Gabriel Wicke wrote:
Echoing this preference, something as simple as installing ploticus takes something like an hour because one has to fix all the dependencies manually (not to mention there's no working deb available). In debian, the latest version 2.20 is there, even a separate doc package. Copy&pasting url's back and forth is just so backwards ;-)
Just a simple question, why don't you use something like yum to manage all dependancies? I've been using linux for a few years (mandrake with urpmi/q/f, debian with apt-get or gentoo with emerge), and i have never had to manage dependancies manually. It seems weird to me to have to do that manually nowadays. :o) If you want to change of distribution, why not using one compiled specifically for the architecture. Isn't using binaries made for i386 just a waste of 20 years of cpu evolution? ;)
Med