Problems with Debian

Problems with Debian

Posted Dec 3, 2003 16:33 UTC (Wed) by dilinger (subscriber, #2867)
In reply to: Problems with Debian by emk
Parent article: A UserLinux manifesto

Point #1 will hopefully be addressed by userlinux, the enterprise debian sub-project, or whatever springs up (once debian accounts are unlocked).
Every company I know that uses debian currently uses custom kernel packages. The kernel images that are distributed w/ debian are generally out of date, and don't include the extra patches/features that redhat kernels include. One of the things we'll be working on is a separate kernel package that looks more like a redhat kernel than a debian kernel. Work must be done to streamline the installation process as well, to actually make use of this new enterprise kernel.

As for point #2, check out cdbs (Common Debian Build System). When I create packages using cdbs, I generally don't have to touch any debhelper commands; as a matter of fact, if you have a standard autotools-using package, you can cut your debian/rules file down to approximately 4 lines. Combine this with the various things available in the devscripts package (debuild & co), and creating debian packages becomes a whole lot easier.

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