On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Buchan Milne wrote: > Sure, but they need to be available *where the user can find it > conveniently*. It's pointless adding it to yet another site. Maybe there > should be an item in MandrakeGalaxy "Install more software"?
wouldn't really help much IMO. All imho: the real problem here I think is a support issue. If Mandrake wanted they could have added an urpmi source for contribs in 2 hours, with a nice mirrorlist et al (just like the current urpmi source for updates). However, it is being blocked because contribs cannot be made part of distro because they will have to support it (now, why doesn't someone just say so clearly?). This is ofcourse also the reason there are no updates for contrib. Ofcourse, it is a bit silly that paying clubmembers now pay and get very unsupported packages from mandrakeclub anyway. Most of them of worse quality than contribs (as occasional club-packager I can say this;). Contribs not being easily accesible devaluates the product currently. So to whoever is responsible: please think again about this. If it is not fixed i think we should just try and hack it into the draktools ourselves and distribute custom made cds. Having contribs one click away is the only good solution. Also, is it a stupid idea to have contribs never frozen, i cannot oversee the consequences of this, but itT would satisfy many request for updates (both normal and security). If not, then club stuff should be integrated better with current cooker contributers. And a buildhost would be a very good start. d.
