Le dimanche 24 avril 2005 Ã 23:54 +0200, Mathias Bauer a Ãcrit : > Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > > Let's just say that linux users and sysadmins strongly disagree with you > > for their own reasons, that they yelled at every single software system > > that tried to do this very thing, and that none of the proponents of > > this way of working ever managed to convince them it was a good way of > > working, and that trying to force the issue will only result in the > > app-specific software updater patched out of existence on all > > distributions that care about oo.o. > > If the distributors will do that, let's do them. Users will decide what > they want. We will see.
Sigh I'm right so I'll use my users to force the issue. This is all waking up painful memories. You're right about some users following you. You're wrong about it having any impact because you won't distribute a proper Linux package, no self-respecting distribution will follow you so they won't too, and the users that try to get things in their own hands usually understand overnight why your proposal is stupid in the Linux context (nothing like doing some package maintenance to understand why others chose these rules) Before you go this way (and waste everyone's time) don't you think distributions (esp. not-for-pay) distributions have a little better idea than you about what their users expect and how to achieve it ? You know there is no fat contract tying them - they compete solely on their software packaging quality. Someone asked the other day why the Ximian fork even existed (and was widely used). This is one big reason. People somehow refuse to accept distribution advice when it goes against common windows wisdom, so distributions have to do their own thing (even Ximian competitors use the Ximian branch) -- Nicolas Mailhot
