Re: k3b -> cddb doesn't work

[Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:25 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 8/21/2013 4:15 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>> Why do you believe this?
>> Do you believe that centos delivers inconstsistent libraries?
>
> if you replace the stuff thats under RPM package management with code
> you self compile and simply copy, you break the package management
> system.   an update might come along and not realize your code is in the
> place of the original RPM supplied files and replace them.
>
> btw, are /any/ CDDL components bundled with major linux distributions?
> I know Sun Java was never bundled due to CDDL entanglement, instead we
> have OpenJDK, which is GPL.

I'm pretty sure there was a point where Sun Java was in the Red Hat
subscription update streams, but not in the publicly available src
rpms.   And debian included it.  Not sure about the status now.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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