Bryan Paxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> This change is to keep compatibility with Ximian GNOME.
> Ximian GNOME is a popular _distribution_ of GNOME. Mandrake is also a
> popular distribution of GNU/Linux. Distributions that have such
> popularity should not have a granular compatibility issue IMHO, and IMHO
> it does. It has gotten better on both sides over the few years, but it
> needs to get smooth IMHO.
>  Some people love Mandrake GNU/Linux, but they also prefer Ximian gnome.
> Installation and removal of both sets of packages (libs and all) that
> consist of that desktop should be a breeze, and so should building
> packages that depend around those desktop packages (libs and all).
>  Anyway, here's the patch, nice and small : )

This is beyond my own competence so I've asked fcrozat@ who is
maintainer for all gnome stuff and he said this is needed for
rebuilding for mandrake-8.1, which I'm not really interested in..


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Guillaume Cottenceau - http://www.frozen-bubble.org/

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