On Wednesday 23 July 2003 13:13, Stefan van der Eijk wrote: > Andi Payn wrote: > >Not saying it's as easy as it ideally should be, just that it's usually > > much easier than getting stuff into Redhat. (Which is why freshrpms and > > similar collections exist.) > > actually, we should try to get some agreement on packaging standards > with RedHat, or at least, with their contributors, so that at least > these "contrib" archives can be merged... > > or am I being the idealist again?
I agree with you, but yes, you probably are. In fact, I think we had essentially this same discussion around the time of the 9.1 beta, and most people thought we were being too idealistic. What you're looking for is a system to ensure that, without access to both both Redhat and Mandrake boxes, a contributor can create a package that will build on either (I don't think it's necessary that, having been built on one, it will install on the other). Right? I've thought about this before, and I can write up a concrete proposal for the tools and policies needed, if people other than Stefan are interested. If not, I won't waste my time and the list's bandwidth. By the way, has anyone wondered whether Redhat has any interest in more cooperation with Mandrake? It's all well and good for Mandrake developers and contributors to look for ways to help Redhat be more like our favorite distro, but it's always possible they'd look at it more as hostile subversion than as altruism....
