On 04/11/2014 03:48 PM, Peter Baldridge wrote:
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Taylor Hornby <havoc@defuse.ca> wrote:
both are included in Debian's official repositories.
Debian has more packages than another distro that I am aware of. Last I heard, it was around 30,000. That is one thing they do very well. That's very much the polar opposite of arch's mission, interest, or ability.
While I don't see an obvious conflict with The Arch Way, I am definitely not proposing we should "put everything in the official repos" or even "have as many packages as Debian." That would be a big waste of time. I'm only saying that the vote system is probably making us leave some important packages behind, and it would be a lot better to have an official channel for brining forward arguments like, "Package X is really important. It should go in community because reasons A, B, and C." -- Taylor Hornby