On 24/08/11 08:46, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 19:11 -0500, Lars Eighner wrote:
> I want lifeline (genealogy program). I don't find it packaged for Fedora 15.
> I do find an OpenSuSE rpm, apparently appropriate for my architecture.
>
> In general, would I be better off using a non-native RPM or compiling it
> myself?
The optimal solution here would be for you to take the OpenSuSE source
RPM, extract it, modify the spec file so that it corresponds to the
Fedora Packaging Guidelines[1] and then submit it for package review[2]
in Fedora. That way others can use this tool as well.
[1]
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines
[2]
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join
Yes, I would like a copy to try here.
Bob