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Re: KDE Package Policy Explained
by Eric Laffoon on Tuesday 10/Apr/2001, @17:16

Three cheers! This message needs to be delivered. Sometimes I cruise the newsgroups and answer a few questions. Very often questions go like this. "I just installed KDE on Linux 7.0 and it doesn't do such and such". That and the whining about where packages for a distro are. It often seems as if Linux is no longer a community but two communties. One that produces things and the one that berates the other for not doing it to their expectations.

It should be noted that packaging is no small deal. I've said many times there would be much less code if KDE had to focus on all the binary packages for people. In the Quanta project we had more problems with donated binaries than anything else. I am very happy now NOT posting binaries. Distros are handling it and and life is smoother.

I strongly advocate that the binary packages are moved to the distros!!! I can see no reason why I should have to wait several days to get a reasonable bandwidth where my DSL is faster than a dial up. Also I really get tired of people whining about how KDE developers are shorting them. It should be posted in big letters and very clearly. YOUR DISTRO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BINARIES.

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Re: KDE Package Policy Explained
by Iuri Fiedoruk on Tuesday 10/Apr/2001, @18:11

That's why I want change from RedHat to Mandrake.
If my distro don't make what I want, and I don't pay for them do this (as I got the install from a magazine or from iso files), I must be quiet and find someone who do the job.
But if you payied for your distro, complain about not having the rpms you want!
But complai with the right people, ok? :)

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