On 9/9/07, Michel Salim <michel.sylvan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/09/2007, Till Maas <opensource@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sa September 8 2007, Hans de Goede wrote: > > > > > As it currently stands umbrello is just plain unfindable to end users, as > > > you know I'm not some noob. I even searched for in progress reviews of > > > umbrello. > > > > > > Also I think it is a very bad idea to ship packages with a clearly seperate > > > upstream in some kinda bundle form. Sticking with the umbrello example, in > > > order for the latest version to be included into Fedora, we must wait for a > > > new upstream kdesdk release, which likely won't happen before there is a > > > kdesdk4 in some far away future, as kde3 is as good as EOL. > > > > > > Notice that umbrello and kdesdk are just an example, this goes for other > > > Aggregation upstreams too. > > > > > > Since on of Fedora's strenghts is being always up to date with the latest > > > upstream versions, I think using these kind of upstream aggregation > > > projects is a BAD idea as it creates interlocks with regards to versions > > > between clearly seperate projects like kdesdk and umbrello. > > > > I agree completely. > > > Ditto, though in this case, umbrello happens to *also* be part of kdesdk: > > http://uml.sourceforge.net/download.php > > The source tarballs are taken straight out of kdesdk CVS, so the > Fedora packaging, while needing to be fixed, is understandable. > > By the way, 'yum search umbrello' won't work with just a Provides:, > and so yum install probably would not either: How about listing the apps in the description? -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
