Dimi Paun <dimi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: "Jakub Jelinek" <jakub@xxxxxxxxxx> > > As long as the legacy programs people are installing are packaged > > as rpm, yum or other package managers can handle the dependencies > > just fine, so I don't see how is that a silent break. > > If not using a package manager, you take the responsibility > > of satisfying the dependencies yourself. > That doesn't mean breaking things on purpose. Isn't, AFAICS. > Pissing off customers is not The Right Thing (TM), > last time I've checked. Right. > Waiting a few more years before yanking system libs > from under people's feet would be the more prudent > thing to do. And it costs so little, it's not even > funny that it's not being considered. This is /Fedora/, commited to being bleeding edge (or thereabouts). So the "have everybody retain libraries for some years for nostalgia's sake" doesn't belong here. Sure, perhaps making a group of "legacy libraries, needed for some third party software" stand out when installing might be a good idea. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
