David Walluck writes:
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Gary Benson wrote:
> Couldn't have said it better myself. The only reason people are
> starting to get strange mixes of packages is that Fedora has lagged
> JPackage because there's not presently the manpower to keep them
> level.
There's no guarantee of this and, in fact, it is quite likely that
jpackage versions will supercede FC4 versions (except there isn't
much jpackage manpower right now, either). That is, unless you were
to bump the epoch on every FC4 package as was done with eclipse
(why the special case here I am not sure).
On the other hand, people want more compatibility. And I want less
(ideally no) duplication. So I would again ask for some policy that
separates native libs from the jars. Or at least maybe someone is
willing to put some real thought into it rather than dismissing it
outright.
No-one is doing that. A great deal of real thought has been put into
this issue, and will continue to be.
Andrew.