On Monday 02 January 2006 21:33, Jeff Pitman wrote:
On 1/3/06, Jarod Wilson <jarod(a)wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Monday 02 January 2006 18:12, Warren Togami wrote:
> > If you have concerns about individual packages, please file bugs in Red
> > Hat Bugzilla. Changes can be made to individual Core/Extras packages
> > are usually general bug fixes and enhancements. It is wrong to expect
> > Fedora to make special concessions only to work around problems
> > introduced by 3rd parties. If it is the right thing to do in general
> > cases, then it is proper to make changes to Core/Extras.
>
> I'm not talking so much about problems introduced by 3rd-parties as I am
> about problems/deficiencies uncovered by 3rd-parties, i.e., fixing
> packages in Core in a timely fashion to eliminate the need of 3rd-party
> packagers to replace Core components.
Also, it's good to have allies on the inside.
Very true. Most 3rd-party repos don't, apparently.
See jpackage FAQ about
"I tried to install foo on Fedora Core 2, but got lots of error
messages and/or things don't work":
http://www.jpackage.org/faq.php
Note the line:
"""This issue should be fixed in Fedora Core 3, thanks to Red Hat's
involvement in JPackage."""
So the anti-3rd-party repository stance isn't unilaterally applied against all
3rd-party repos, I take it?
Google cache from one of the messages since the archive is broke:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:I2Me1f05Eb0J:lists.zarb.org/pipermail/jp
ackage-discuss/2004-October/011253.html+jpackage-discuss++011253&hl=en&clien
t=firefox-a
Sound familiar? And, in about 6 months "Core/Extras vs 3rd Party"
might show up on this list again...
Yeah, most likely. But hey, if JPackage can get Red Hat's help, I don't see
why other repositories can't...
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Jarod Wilson
jarod(a)wilsonet.com