[plug] Debian .vs. Gentoo

[Craig Ringer]

> I do think that Debian packaging is something that is
> designed more as a "developer" activity than a "sysadmin" activity (for
> obvious reasons, though).

I have found it practical to patch debian packages in the past. While 
the debian packaging system is a bit of a challenge, making changes to 
an already packaged program isn't particularly hard. "apt-get source 
packagename" and patch the tree appropriately then 'fakeroot 
debian/rules binary'.

That said, I wouln't want to have to do things like bring a debian 
package up to a newer upstream version.

Craig Ringer

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