distrowatch comment: "Ubuntu Breezy Badger - is it too dumbed down? "

[Scott]

Jerome Gotangco wrote:
> A good question here is that what percentage of our users, as well as
> potential users have a need for such development tools?

I'm not a "developer".  I don't know squat about developing software, 
yet I need them.

> 
> On the other hand, trying to fill the so called gaps will have the
> product loose [sic] focus - to the point that it would take more than 1 CD
> to ship a product. Sure people can download but we also deliver CDs
> via ShipIt and that costs money even if its just a few cents to create
> one.

Did "build-essential" become a huge package overnight?  I can't see how 
adding it would make the project "lose focus".

That's almost as "over the top" as what that guy said to me, but in the 
opposite extreme.


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