Irle Markus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote this on 11 15, 02 at 06:20: > > No, not really. RC is open-source, isn't it? > But that nit-picking is again completely missing my point. > > Why am I forced into RC to _download_ a package?
Because Ximian wants you to. I realize that sounds flippant, but its the truth. > Why doesn't Ximian put it up on their site just like they do with Evo and RC? Possible because Connector is non-GPLed and proprietary? No idea, really. > This is not about RC as piece of software. It's about RC being the only > means of obtaining connector thus forcing people who want to use connector > to use RC as well and simultaneously excluding lots of people for whom RC > simply does not work. > > Evo+Conn was running fine on the Sid-boxes I set it up on. Now with the > 1.2 update I'm back in hell again. As a bonus RC stopped to work on the > Suse 8.0 boxes I used to download the previous connector version... I'm > currently running Outlook within VMWare... *sigh* Yeah, I was never happy with RC. So now I only use the packages in Debian unstable. I don't use RC, but I can sympathize that Ximian's practice is aggravating. However, there haven't seemed to be any posts detailing why RC is a requirement, nor many asking for that policy to be changed. You may be out of luck, as far as non-RC use is concerned. -- PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF Member, LEAF Project <http://leaf.sourceforge.net> AIM: MikeLeone Public Key - <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.asc> Registered Linux user# 201348
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