I share most of your sentiments. gqview is missing as well. It was my favorite photo organizing tool. I agree that synaptic should be shipping with FC distros. On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 08:58 -0500, Temlakos wrote: > On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 07:35, Kjartan Maraas wrote: > > ons, 10,.11.2004 kl. 10.09 +0000, skrev mike: > > > Is there a reason why gtkam is missing from FC3 > > > > > > Is there a replacement? > > > > > Yes, gthumb replaces gtkam. It uses the same library to access the > > cameras and in addition has a UI based on GTK+-2.x > > > > Cheers > > Kjartan > > I see! Or, I think I see. Now why didn't the release notes specifically > *say* that gthumb performs all the functions of the old gtkam? (Does > gthumb have a plug-in for gimp?) > > Which goes to the serious, and so far not-addressed, issue of > documentation. *Where are the documents* showing quite clearly all the > functions of the packages that distribute with Fedora? How are we > supposed to know that a retained package subsumes the functions of > another if nobody tells us? Think of how many people, not readers of any > of these lists, went out and grabbed gtkam after installing FC3 or one > of its RC's and *didn't have to*! (That might not seem important at > first, but think of the conflicts you set up if you run two apps at once > that each address the same device...!) > > And when will *apt* distribute with Fedora? The best package manager > ever invented, the best solution to the RPM dependency problem I've ever > seen, works like a charm with Fedora, and it's not in the core distro? > Something's wrong here. > -- Kim Lux (Mr.) Diesel Research Inc