On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 02:41, Not Zed wrote: > > 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. > > This is no official line, particularly because this is simply the > evolution list, but my guess is that using RC makes the product more > supportable. Because there are so many disparate distributions and > package collections out there, using RC gives Ximian some control on the > quality of the product, which they are selling.
I can see that and I'd understand if Ximian delivered support for RC based installs only. Fine with me. I don't see why I'm not allowed to download though... Anyway, I finally got my hands on a Suse rpm (thanks!), set it up on my sid-box without much of a hassle and it's running nicely. I'll shut up now... :) At least till the next update... :) Cheers, Markus -- Markus Irle Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH Softwarepark Hagenberg, Hauptstrasse 99 A-4232 Hagenberg, Austria Tel.: +43 7236 3343 856 Fax: +43 7236 3343 888 If you torture data sufficiently, it will confess to almost anything. -- Fred Menger
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