On Saturday 13 January 2001 05:57, you wrote:
> Is there someone in charge of unsupported packages, even if it's a bit
> contradictory ?
It's mostly up to the packager. Or some other poor soul that needs a package
for some reason on there personal machine (example: me).
> I saw there were some package that needed efforts for back-porting from
> cooker to 7.2, so why not just add all package that support simple
> rebuilding ? Gimp 1.2, for instance. I know everyone can do it by itself,
> but for newbies it's not as easy, and afterall everyone could also build
> normal package from sources.
We have a limited number of resources (employees) there are only 26 hours in
a work day :-) Seriously, most people would love to make packages available.
There just isn't enough time in the day. I know Till does for his cups stuff,
I try to for KDE, and there are a few others. The only reason that I can for
KDE is that I need the recent stuff for the training I am doing so can
justify the time. Till does it on his own time.
I hope that helps answer the question. Please let me know if it doesn't.
-Chris
