Small Base System - Thank You

[John]

Will Backman wrote:
> Just a thank you to the designers of Ubuntu for keeping the base system 
> small.
> With debian testing still listing things like the game "abuse" as a 
> release critical bug, I'm glad that Ubuntu decided to stick with a small 
> set of packages.  Please resist the urge to add packages.
> I'm not trying to flame debian, because without their work as a base, 
> Ubuntu would not exist.
> I'll dive into my bunker now.
> 

I suspect most people here who have experience of Debian see its flaws. 
Including the DDs.

However, expressing such opinions on debian-user may attract some 
controversy.