From esr at thyrsus.com Thu Mar 30 16:31:03 2006 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3311419920618437394==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Eric S. Raymond To: devel at lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: Fedora's way forward Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:30:42 -0500 Message-ID: <20060330213042.GB14444@thyrsus.com> In-Reply-To: 1143657279.25616.11.camel@daxter.boston.redhat.com --===============3311419920618437394== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David Zeuthen : > Tell me.. why you don't start a project aiming for better integration of > 3rd party repositories outside Fedora Core and Extras? I'm sure it can > be as simple as Alan outlined with the user just having to click a link > in his web browser and, badebing-badebum, all the stuff is installed. > = > I encourage you to take this task upon you. I think it would be great! Would Fedora carry a script or application intended to make easy access to such third-party repositories available, even on the premise that they carry proprietary software? If the answer is "yes", then I would in fact be willing to work on this. -- = Eric S. Raymond --===============3311419920618437394==--