On 2006-04-21 03:21:20 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > stuff like /usr/share/python or /usr/share/ruby might be
> > interesting.
>
> Yes, that is a good idea, but the major problem with this idea is that
> upstream dislikes it:
>
> http://python.org/sf/588756
>
> Debian does it anyway, but my opinion is: Don't do it as long as the
> discussion is not finished upstream. Otherwise we risk that SUSE users are
> excluded from upstream mailing list support. (Some developers have a
> tendency to recommend things like "remove all distro supplied stuff and
> compile from source" if they see something "unusual".)
the sad point is ... upstream often doesnt really care about
distribution issues.
darix
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