David Walluck writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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.
