Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Jan 2006 17:59 UTC, submitted by John Mills
Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu Linux, has explained why he thinks the DCC (Debian Common Core, but don't let the Debian guys hear that) will fail. "The vision behind DCC, which is indeed compelling, is that it would provide a common platform for certification, and that the distros that make up the DCC would all ship exactly that same core. But it strikes me that this approach has never worked in the past. In fact, every distro ALWAYS modifies elements of the core, and with good reason. And while we would love that not to be the case, the truth is that the reasons to specialise outweigh the benefits of homogeneity."
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2005-07-09
> The alternative? Well, Mark Shuttleworth hinted at that
> as he sees Ubuntu as being seen as some sort of
> standard distribution! Game on!
Not quite. If you listen closely to this and other talks, he's basically advocating source level compatibility through distributed source control sharing of various distributions. According to him, different distros will use different compile time options for different reasons to fill the needs from spartan distros that fit on cellphones to mainframes on different chipsets, from bleeding edge to stale mission critical conservative. Rather than create a lowest common denominator distro, each distro should focus on what it's best at and share changes with other distros. It's a pretty Gentoo-like idea that I don't really agree with, but he does have a few valid points.