[Tfug] The Joy of OSX, and the friction coefficient of goose droppings.

[Robert Hunter]

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On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 02:49:15PM -0700, Bowie J. Poag wrote:
> I think you've got it backwards.
>
> Debian's policy is to ensure that packages fail the same way for  
> everyone across the board.
>
> Static binaries, kids. Friends don't let friends release code with  
> f@(#*ng undeclared dependencies on obscure libs in the package that only  
> the original coder and his damned cat have access to.

Bowie, I think you may have slipped in the goose poo and hit your
head.  Either that, or you've been hitting crack pipe. :-P

First of all, properly packaged software will declare all
dependencies.  Software that resides in the Debian archive must meet
this requirement, and the dependencies should also be resolvable.  If
you find an exception to this rule, you've found a bug, and filing a
report is next step.  On the other hand, if you've found your package
at some random site on teh intarnets, you may end up eating a few
kitty hair balls, but don't blame that on the project, silly.

Second of all, if all the binaries were statically linked, the
memory requirements of an average desktop machine would increase by
some obscene factor.  What happened to the just-say-no-to-code-bloat
Bowie we once knew? ;-)

PS.  Congrats on your "Compaqitosh".  I sounds like a sweet rig.


- --Rob
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