Re: [Cooker] WHy no contribs in current distro ?

[Nalindra Samaradiwakara (Trainee from UOM until april 2001)]

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nalindra

On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Hoyt wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Warly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] WHy no contribs in current distro ?
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> > Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > > Why are contribs kept in cooker only on the ftp mirrors ? As thoses
> > > packages are binary incompatibles with current distro, you have to grab
> > > the src rpm first, and then rebuild it, before being able to use it. Why
> > > not keep a frozen contrib dir in current distro ?
> > 
> > Yes you are right and from now contrib should be versionned too, it was mainly
> > a space problem before, but we can afford more now.
> > 
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> All that swag from the Macmillan deal, no doubt. 8)
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> Hoyt
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