Re: Source distribution

[Tom Hart]

Neal H. Walfield wrote:

> > I believe the specific text about source distribution on the
> > installation page is innacurate.
> >
> >        http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/install.html
> >
> >        "We distribute the Hurd sources only through CVS at present."
> >
> > In addition to CVS archives, the sources for the Hurd are available via
> > source debs.  I believe something similar to the following would be
> > apprpriate.
> >    
>
> This is accurate when you consider that GNU and Debian and separate
> entities: GNU only distributes the source via CVS; Debian has
> downloaded the source and repackaged it.  I understand that it can be
> a bit confusing as the maintainer is the same, however, they are two
> completely different jobs.
>
>  
Still, it *is* confusing, and although GNU and Debian are separate 
entities, they are closely related. Perhaps the page could say,

"GNU distribues the Hurd sources only through CVS at present; users of 
Debian GNU/Linux can also obtain the Hurd sources as source debs."

In particular, I'm thinking of newbies coming to the Hurd site. This 
could confuse them.

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Tom Hart
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