--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: fedora-extras-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxx <fedora-extras-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mar 5, 2007 3:31 PM Subject: Re: autogen is misconfigured To: bruce.korb@xxxxxxxxx You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has been automatically rejected. If you think that your messages are being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at fedora-extras-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx From: "Bruce Korb" <bruce.korb@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Discussion related to Fedora Extras" <fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:31:30 -0800 Subject: Re: autogen is misconfigured On 3/5/07, Paul <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As the packager...
As the developer, I'm kind of caught in the cross fire. I do not know Red Hat packaging conventions. Now that I know what "alternatives" are all about, it sort-of seems reasonable, but it certainly puts a burden on the user who does not want to fully understand all the nuances of the alternatives. I'm not sure I'd worry about a POSIX "columns", however. The BSD "column" is a few years older, so a conflict with "columns" is unlikely. However, if POSIX were to specify a new program named, "columns" and it were not my program, I'd just cross that bridge when I got there. I'd probably complain to the Austin group first though, so there would be a long lead time before there were a problem. Anyway, with regard to the splitting of the thing into several packages. Debian did it also. There, however, all three packages are prominently displayed together. One can easily understand that all three are needed. With Red Hat, this stuff is hidden behind a "yum"my veil making it cumbersome (for my eyes at least) to understand that autogen-devel really ought to be installed with autogen. So, I recommend adding a way to say, "you've selected package X. It is very likely you will find it more useful in conjunction with package Y, too." (Yes, I filed a bugzilla report about this, but no, I could not figure out how to make an RFE.) Thank you. Regards, Bruce -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
