On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 18:41 +0100, Matej Cepl wrote: > On 2008-11-11, 16:06 GMT, Les Mikesell wrote: > > The point of using any distribution instead of rolling your own > > linux from scratch is that others theoretically have worked > > together to make sure that everything is compatible. If > > a distro doesn't arrange for this kind of cooperation it can't > > provide what users need and expect. > > I know that I shouldn't feed a troll, but I couldn't resist -- in > my not so humble opinion, most of the third party repos (except > for the one, which I cannot name here) are more or less products > of the time when it was difficult to put new packages into Fedora > proper (yes, there were times before Extras). Now, I really don't > see the reason, why you cannot take your package (except for the > pesky legal reasons, but less put that aside) and put that > package into Fedora. > > Do I miss anything? Yes, it often is MUCH easier to run a 3rd party repo than to try getting a package into Fedora. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
