A-B C. wrote :

> I hear a lot of noise about swaret being or not being included in the
> new 10.0 release.

Isn't it just GP thats making the noise as he usually do?
>
> Still, we have an obligation to debate the issue.... and maybe even to
> write PV personally.
>
Don't include me. I never used swaret and never will so I don't give a
damn if its included or not.

> The issue is simple. What is best for Slackware?
>
I'm pretty sure Patrick knows this, its his baby and what he do for
Slackware is the right thing for Slackware.

Or else it wouldn't be Slackware anymore.
>
> I strongly believe that a Slackware with a "designated" dep-checking
> package manager like a swaret is a stronger product than one without it.
>
I've tried the dependencies checking hell in RedHat, that why I'm
running Slackware today.

> So I hope that PV has enough "business sense" to see that a Slack with
> a dependency-checking PM makes it a better product, one that is more
> marketable and more competitive

Patrick seems to make a living out of Slackware the way it is. I don't
think he has any ambitions to become a new Bill Gates.
--
Thomas O.

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