On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 14:30 +1000, Mike MacCana wrote: > > On Linux, most administrators install software by RPM, and no > distinction is made between 'third party' or distro provided except the > Packager field. Actually it makes a huge difference. Where are updates going to come from? What other deps will I have to install to get this rpm in? What core software might be replaced by these deps that I have to watch out for? What is the likelihood that this software will be maintained in the future when security or bug reports are made? What happens when we upgrade OS releases, etc. etc.. Admins care greatly where their software comes from. -- Jesse Keating RHCE (http://geek.j2solutions.net) Fedora Legacy Team (http://www.fedoralegacy.org) GPG Public Key (http://geek.j2solutions.net/jkeating.j2solutions.pub) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
