2008/4/24 Andrew Farris <lordmorgul@xxxxxxxxx>: > Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:18:01 +0200, Antonio M wrote: > > > > > > > I wonder where all the efforts to have an unified extra repos have > > > gone..... > > > > > > > It's a lot of infrastructure work beyond putting some free machines on the > > Internet. Even with availability of software that's used by Fedora, like > > the account system, the update system, the build system(s), there's much > > to do if you either want to set up a highly similar developer environment > > or a custom one. > > > > The status of that effort can be easily found here, as well as the mailing > lists for it: http://rpmfusion.org/ > > As Michael pointed out... that repo merger is NOT a simple thing to get > done. > > > > > > > > And not having an unified extra repo might cause many desktop users to > > > migrate elsewhere, especially for multimedia and graphic drivers. > > > And generally multimedia management has to be improved, I bet if a > > > newcomer might be happy in setting up his system and how long does it > > > take to have a system properly working (for multimedia)? > > > > > > > Instead of trying to threaten the livna packagers, it would be better to > > give them increased support. Too often one can read how people discuss > > various problems with livna packages without submitting a bug report. For > > several packagers, their motivation comes solely from users who use their > > packages and give success/failure reports. > > > > Indeed... http://bugzilla.livna.org/ is where the nvidia package problem > belongs. The init scripts for the driver are not yet fixed for upstart (not > that it matters yet with the driver until the glx support gets released). > > -- > Andrew Farris <lordmorgul@xxxxxxxxx> www.lordmorgul.net > gpg 0x8300BF29 fingerprint 071D FFE0 4CBC 13FC 7DEB 5BD5 5F89 8E1B 8300 > BF29 > > > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > I am not threatening anybody, as Michael is saying: what I am saying that the effort to unify external repo is not clear, even if you look to the link that you suggest in rpmfusion I don't see much activity, I understand that they should be ready for F9 launch. At the moment the only working repo for F9 is livna, isn't it? Sorry if I created any misunderstanding .... Rgds -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
