Is Ubuntu a Compatibility Nightmare for Debian?

An anonymous reader submits "Following Friday's release of Ubuntu Linux 5.04, Ian Murdock, founder of the Debian project, told internetnews.com: 'Ubuntu's popularity is a net negative for Debian.' He explained: 'It's diverged so far from Sarge that packages built for Ubuntu often don't work on Sarge. And given the momentum behind Ubuntu, more and more packages are being built like this. The result is a potential compatibility nightmare.' Ian suggests a method for averting crisis on his blog."

Comments

Re:Crisis, what crisis?

[PakProtector]

I think Empire is clearly right. America is moving into the last stages of an Empire, much like the British Empire did before it collapsed. These are the last, dying gasps of a once great society that has become everything that it stood against. The only way an empire can avoid civil war is to create wars elsewhere, which we're doing just as the British did, 'to protect our citizens and our interests.'

Re:Crisis, what crisis?

[nofx_3]

Although this is off topic, here's a good quote:

"Those who do not read and understand history are doomed to repeat it." - Harry Truman

-kaplanfx