Le jeudi 10 mars 2005 � 00:49 +0100, Christian Lohmaier a �crit : Hi Christian,
> If you don't install your other software into custom locations, why > would you make an exception for OOo? > I don"t. I install all that I can into /usr/local. > > > > And what if one needs only *one* of those filters? > > You are constructing weired scenarios. Why would you only install one > single filter? > How many users do you know who did not install filters? (I'd love to > hear the reasons for not installing the filters as well) > How about because some of them require Sun's version of Java, which isn't 'free' ? How about because I may not be interested in installing PalmDoc filters, or the DocBook filter for my client who has absolutely no use for them. > > and in what > > order? (And don't just say "urpmi will do that for you" because it doesn't > > always work correctly). > > It will. If not it is a bug. But for OOo it doesn't matter. You can > choose whatever order you like. The dependencies are runtime > dependencies. There are no dependencies during installation. > I'm sorry, but that doesn't work at the moment, at least not in the beta 2. Remember we are trying to test and foresee what kind of reaction a user will have when he/she encounters the message : openofficeorg-impress requires openoffice-core-08 to be installed. And then the rpm install breaks off. If this is going to be fixed for final, so that the package dependencies are automagically resolved, then fair enough. If not, its RPM hell all over again. > Be fair when argumenting. All the major distribution will provide OOo > customized/adapted for that distribution. So most of the users will use > the OOo that came with their distribution. This is true and is already the case for many distributions with the current stable versions, so why did the Community feel it had to provide RPMs as well ? > The large number of clueless users you're talking about will not install > developer snapshots. They should not install the beta either. And more > important: They probably will not need nor want to do a "custom > install". What is needed is a more detailed description for the packages > like "Install this package if you want to do <this and that>" to ease > the identification of the packages. > Agreed. But at present, how many people other than the developers actually know what each RPM does ? I have no idea what any of the core RPMs are for. Alex T --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
