Re: Why some say rpm hell

2014-01-16 Thread Vikram Goyal
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 03:09:18PM -0600, g wrote: On 11/28/2013 02:35 PM, Garry T. Williams wrote: Without the proper headers, correct threading is impossible. My client approximates it. this is true. Your client is doing the same thing -- approximating threading. it may well

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-12-01 Thread AP
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 1:40 AM, David dgbo...@gmail.com wrote: Ya'll have seen the AP is gone yet the thread goes on and on? :-) Because the name g is mental deficient. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-12-01 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 02:43:50PM +0530, AP wrote: On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 1:40 AM, David dgbo...@gmail.com wrote: Ya'll have seen the AP is gone yet the thread goes on and on? :-) Because the name g is mental deficient. What you wrote has nothing to do with what you quoted. -- Bob

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-12-01 Thread AP
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote: What you wrote has nothing to do with what you quoted. The OP has known to me now...Its over but my mean to say was that some people like g (who are without names), actually extend it to increase the flame of war. -- users

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-29 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 28 November 2013, g sent: let out one point. if you will note; X-Mailer: GMX.com Web Mailer is also a thread breaker. I think that one may just be due to a bad webmail client. Some of them are just plain awful, in a plethora of ways. He has posted from at

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-29 Thread g
hello tim, On 11/29/2013 09:02 AM, Tim wrote: He has posted from at least three other addresses, in the past, which worked properly. Just the gmx.com one that goes bad. true. I can't say that I remember noticing any behaviour that indicated he was trolling. nor i. i was just

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-29 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 01:32:11AM +1030, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 28 November 2013, g sent: let out one point. if you will note; X-Mailer: GMX.com Web Mailer is also a thread breaker. I think that one may just be due to a bad webmail client. Some of them are just

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-29 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
On 29/11/13 14:18, Robert Holtzman wrote: Continually asking questions that can be answered with a simple web search qualifies as trolling, especially when he's been repeatedly admonished about it. He also is polluting at least 2 other lists asking the same sort of questions. He's posted under

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-29 Thread g
hello bob, On 11/29/2013 01:35 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: I don't know about deficient but it certainly appears to be a mental aberration of some kind and this thread probably provides the recognition he was looking for. you are 100% dead on. as i said in another post,

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-29 Thread David
On 11/29/2013 2:35 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 29/11/13 14:18, Robert Holtzman wrote: Continually asking questions that can be answered with a simple web search qualifies as trolling, especially when he's been repeatedly admonished about it. He also is polluting at least 2

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-29 Thread poma
On 29.11.2013 21:10, David wrote: Ya'll have seen the AP is gone yet the thread goes on and on? :-) LoL! Bee awesome.:! poma -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread Tim
Tim: Yet, when I do that with gmail (reply to a message through the web interface), it works with proper headers. g: that is interesting. you have not done so regarding this Subject:. Because I have a bit more respect for the list than sending a mass of test emails through it when it's not

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 27 November 2013, David sent: As I said... Me - The ordinary user that uses an Email Client has no problems with what AP and Gmail is/are doing. His posts, for me fall in the proper place in the thread(s) on this list. So that means?? Maybe you 'Linux geeks' with your

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 28 November 2013, Roger sent: I haven't been following this discussion thread closely of late but would like to understand how and what emails, clients, headers, gmail and faults or not with browsers has to do with Why some say rpm hell. I seem to have missed a step.

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread Ian Malone
On 28 November 2013 09:29, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Allegedly, on or about 28 November 2013, Roger sent: I haven't been following this discussion thread closely of late but would like to understand how and what emails, clients, headers, gmail and faults or not with browsers has

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread AP
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 10:31 AM, poma pomidorabelis...@gmail.com wrote: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/11/msg01470.html This dude is obviously a spammer, and for you dgboles it seems to be a rather enjoyable. Good to know. So what? You can ask in different places to know the

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread AP
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: And the headers are still missing. What happens if you don't block scripting while you're doing this? Enable it before you hit reply, type your reply, then send it. Scripting!! There is no additional add-on

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread AP
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Ian Malone ibmal...@gmail.com wrote: Deliberate or not, it was at least interesting. If using a separate client it can be quite easy, but that normally leaves a more apparent This mail really did the exact the same break of thread and appears in my Inbox as a

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread Garry T. Williams
On 11-27-13 23:15:12 David wrote: You are searching for errors? Perhaps I said that incorrectly. AP's messages, and those of everyone that I have seen that have replied to his original post, thread correctly. For me. This is a function of the mail reader client. I use Kmail and this list is

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread g
On 11/28/2013 02:35 PM, Garry T. Williams wrote: Without the proper headers, correct threading is impossible. My client approximates it. this is true. Your client is doing the same thing -- approximating threading. it may well be true and is why i asked david to post what settings he

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 28 November 2013, Ian Malone sent: It turns out if you use the 'edit subject' option gmail drops the references and in-reply-to (even if you don't actually edit the subject). I didn't even know how you would do that with gmail (nor do I particularly care), though I

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread g
On 11/28/2013 06:22 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 28 November 2013, Ian Malone sent: It turns out if you use the 'edit subject' option gmail drops the references and in-reply-to (even if you don't actually edit the subject). I didn't even know how you would do that with gmail (nor

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread g
*oops* let out one point. if you will note; Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 18:18:08 +0100 From: Patrick Dupre pdu...@gmx.com Message-ID: 20131127171808.119...@gmx.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: RE: evince X-Mailer: GMX.com Web Mailer is also a thread breaker. -- peace out. in a world with

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-28 Thread AP
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Garry T. Williams gtwilli...@gmail.com wrote: As to why this guy among all the others here is posting broken messages, I am betting g is correct. Man, you bet without any guarantee! There seems no logic. Asking questions and gaining from user's experiences

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread AP
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: It's still missing the headers. Give the other browser a try, and we'll see if that change things. Likewise, you could try changing some of the privacy settings. Well, I am replying from Opera browser right now.

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread Ian Malone
On 27 November 2013 16:59, AP worldwithoutfen...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: It's still missing the headers. Give the other browser a try, and we'll see if that change things. Likewise, you could try changing some of the privacy

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread AP
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Ian Malone ibmal...@gmail.com wrote: I think this is the right attitude, adblock, noscript etc. are things you use to protect you online, not for protection of your emails. E.g. it's your gmail account rather than the emails you're sending with it that you

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread David
On 11/27/2013 11:59 AM, AP wrote: On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: It's still missing the headers. Give the other browser a try, and we'll see if that change things. Likewise, you could try changing some of the privacy settings. Well, I am

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread AP
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:23 AM, David dgbo...@gmail.com wrote: https://www.box.com/shared/78msc32ktf0k6oed51wq Almost everything is technical -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread AP
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:23 AM, David dgbo...@gmail.com wrote: Frankly I find it hard to comprehend just how the browser and any of it's settings, would have any interaction with an email written on the Gmail Web interface, or any email interface. I wonder to think this but I never earlier

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread g
contains; Message-ID: cahbplrmo15wosvb+wb9ip1u6zm2uqpetqpyaq1anw3op8ka...@mail.gmail.com where as tim's header is; Message-ID: 1385491466.5318.8.ca...@paralytic.lan.cameratim.com Subject: Re: Why some say rpm hell From: Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread Ian Malone
On 27 November 2013 19:01, AP worldwithoutfen...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:23 AM, David dgbo...@gmail.com wrote: Frankly I find it hard to comprehend just how the browser and any of it's settings, would have any interaction with an email written on the Gmail Web interface,

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 27 November 2013, AP sent: Well, I am replying from Opera browser right now. And the headers are still missing. What happens if you don't block scripting while you're doing this? Enable it before you hit reply, type your reply, then send it. My thinking reckons that if

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 27 November 2013, g sent: it is not a fault of browser, it is a fault with gmail when using web browser to reply to threaded post. Yet, when I do that with gmail (reply to a message through the web interface), it works with proper headers. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 27 November 2013, Ian Malone sent: I'm wondering though if it's related to the fact your posts are base64 encoded. The method of encoding the message body really shouldn't affect headers. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.8.13-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon May 13

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread g
On 11/27/2013 06:20 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 27 November 2013, g sent: it is not a fault of browser, it is a fault with gmail when using web browser to reply to threaded post. Yet, when I do that with gmail (reply to a message through the web interface), it works with proper

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread g
On 11/27/2013 06:20 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 27 November 2013, AP sent: Well, I am replying from Opera browser right now. And the headers are still missing. What happens if you don't block scripting while you're doing this? Enable it before you hit reply, type your reply, then

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread g
On 11/27/2013 06:20 PM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 27 November 2013, Ian Malone sent: I'm wondering though if it's related to the fact your posts are base64 encoded. The method of encoding the message body really shouldn't affect headers. actually, the base64 is done by the

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread David
browser to reply to threaded post. ap's header only contains; Message-ID: cahbplrmo15wosvb+wb9ip1u6zm2uqpetqpyaq1anw3op8ka...@mail.gmail.com where as tim's header is; Message-ID: 1385491466.5318.8.ca...@paralytic.lan.cameratim.com Subject: Re: Why some say rpm hell From: Tim

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread Roger
: Re: Why some say rpm hell From: Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 05:14:26 +1030 In-Reply-To: cahbplrptd+offbnwqkvll4cjdklwris6ayhp_uvshg8ql0t...@mail.gmail.com References: cahbplrptd+offbnwqkvll4cjdklwris6ayhp_uvshg8ql0t

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread g
On 11/27/2013 08:02 PM, David wrote: As I said... Me - The ordinary user that uses an Email Client has no problems with what AP and Gmail is/are doing. His posts, for me fall in the proper place in the thread(s) on this list. and you use thread(s), indicating possible plural? so just

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread David
On 11/27/2013 9:54 PM, g wrote: On 11/27/2013 08:02 PM, David wrote: As I said... Me - The ordinary user that uses an Email Client has no problems with what AP and Gmail is/are doing. His posts, for me fall in the proper place in the thread(s) on this list. and you use thread(s),

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread poma
On 28.11.2013 03:02, David wrote: As I said... Me - The ordinary user that uses an Email Client has no problems with what AP and Gmail is/are doing. His posts, for me fall in the proper place in the thread(s) on this list. So that means?? Maybe you 'Linux geeks' with your 'fancy Linux Geek

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread David
On 11/28/2013 12:01 AM, poma wrote: On 28.11.2013 03:02, David wrote: As I said... Me - The ordinary user that uses an Email Client has no problems with what AP and Gmail is/are doing. His posts, for me fall in the proper place in the thread(s) on this list. So that means?? Maybe you

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread g
On 11/27/2013 11:01 PM, poma wrote: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/11/msg01470.html This dude is obviously a spammer, and for you dgboles it seems to be a rather enjoyable. Good to know. i believe i would call him a 'troller' more so than a 'spammer'. any one interested, have

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-27 Thread g
On 11/27/2013 10:15 PM, David wrote: On 11/27/2013 9:54 PM, g wrote: so just what do you have selected under; View Sort by and View Threads ? You are searching for errors? no. Perhaps I said that incorrectly. AP's messages, and those of everyone that I have seen that have replied

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-26 Thread Tim
Tim: What happens when you break mail, in one way or another: Your replies are not seen with the messages that they're related to. They get missed, they get overlooked. It gets very hard to follow an ongoing thread... AP: Well, I agree but I simply reply in Firefox and by typing

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-26 Thread AP
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Are you running some extra privacy options in your browser or gmail? Are you actually using the reply function, or are you mistakenly forwarding? I am using extra privacy options in the Firefox but not in Opera.

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-26 Thread Ian Malone
On 26 November 2013 15:41, AP worldwithoutfen...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Are you running some extra privacy options in your browser or gmail? Are you actually using the reply function, or are you mistakenly forwarding? I am

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-26 Thread AP
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Ian Malone ibmal...@gmail.com wrote: (I think, google do tend to change things). Yes. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-26 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 26 November 2013, AP sent: I am using extra privacy options in the Firefox but not in Opera. Sometimes I use Opera also and other times Firefox. In Firefox, I am using the addons like NoScript, AdBlock Plus and Better Privacy. It's still missing the headers. Give the

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-25 Thread AP
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: What happens when you break mail, in one way or another: Your replies are not seen with the messages that they're related to. They get missed, they get overlooked. It gets very hard to follow an ongoing thread when

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-24 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 23 November 2013, g sent: i have a gmail account for other purposes that i pull in emails from because some of them i want to reply to and save. also, i found that as only way to maintain threads. your postings thread and i am wondering you would post a new Subject:

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-24 Thread AP
On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: It doesn't require gmail to get messages threaded. Threading is done by the message headers, each message has its own message ID, each reply has another header saying which message ID it's in reply to, and there's

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-24 Thread AP
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Beartooth bearto...@comcast.net wrote: Say you want Opera on an old machine that you haven't used for some time. You go to a browser it does have, but for some reason the default opera.com offers isn't what you want. You find what you do want, and

Re: OT- Getting Firefox GMail Old Compose (for a while) - Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-24 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 11/23/2013 09:13 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Fulko Hew fulko@gmail.com mailto:fulko@gmail.com wrote: Can you post some instructions ? (for getting GMail usable again after New Compose) Get UAControl from here:

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: To see messages in their properly threaded order, one needs to use a mail client that isn't broken in that regard (Evolution, Thunderbird, and many others work), and pick the option that threads messages in the message

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-24 Thread Tim
Tim: It doesn't require gmail to get messages threaded. Threading is done by the message headers, each message has its own message ID, each reply has another header saying which message ID it's in reply to, and there's another header listing all the message IDs that belong in the same

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread AP
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: I for one use GMail for my email needs, and I'm as far from an e-mail noob as you can get (started with Delphi on-line service in the late 1980s, then moved to FidoNet style echomail boards, then moved to CompuServe,

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 5:53 AM, AP worldwithoutfen...@gmail.com wrote: And with one account, you have entire Google from Youtube to Plus etc..etc.. That's one thing I don't like, actually. Google is now constantly annoying me to select which profile I use, after pestering me for months to

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread AP
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: That's one thing I don't like, actually. Google is now constantly annoying me to select which profile I use, after pestering me for months to get a Unified login, I said I don't want, (repeatedly) so now I have separate

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread Tim
Tim: Going for the truly surreal analogy, were you? ;-) Chris Murphy: Not really. Surely, you couldn't have been anything but surreal... (With the driver's seat on the luggage rack or in the trunk.) -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread Fulko Hew
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: ... snip ... Of course this isn't optimal, there are some downsides: 1. Gurgle has been fiddling with the user interface too much (if it ain't broke don't fix it, they' ve heard of it...) 2. The new GMail compose is

OT- Getting Firefox GMail Old Compose (for a while) - Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Fulko Hew fulko@gmail.com wrote: Can you post some instructions ? (for getting GMail usable again after New Compose) Get UAControl from here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uacontrol/ Once installed, Go to Tools-UAControl Options Click

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Fulko Hew fulko@gmail.com wrote: Can you post some instructions ? Just posted it in a separate thread to stop hijacking this one. :) Cheers! FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act - George Orwell -- users

Re: OT- Getting Firefox GMail Old Compose (for a while) - Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread Fulko Hew
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Fernando Cassia fcas...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Fulko Hew fulko@gmail.com wrote: Can you post some instructions ? (for getting GMail usable again after New Compose) ... snip ... That will give you Old Compose THANK YOU!

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread g
On 11/22/2013 02:41 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: Pot meet kettle. by considering source, there is no pot or kettle. -- peace out. in a world with out fences, who needs gates. tc.hago. g . -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread g
On 11/22/2013 01:40 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote: I think g was trying to make peace and you may have misunderstood his comments. this is true. Please, let's be polite to each other and not insulting. +1 on polite. as for finding his comments as impolite or insulting, i just consider

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread g
On 11/23/2013 01:35 AM, AP wrote: On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Paul W. Frields sticks...@gmail.com wrote: I think g was trying to make peace and you may have misunderstood his comments. Please, let's be polite to each other and not insulting. My intention was not to handle someone

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread g
On 11/23/2013 01:59 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: GMail serves me (and I guess most other people) because: i have a gmail account for other purposes that i pull in emails from because some of them i want to reply to and save. also, i found that as only way to maintain threads. your postings

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread AP
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 9:02 PM, g gel...@bellsouth.net wrote: On 11/23/2013 01:59 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: your postings thread and i am wondering you would post a new Subject: relating to how you are using a gmail account and still maintain threading. No, not like that. Read the

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-23 Thread Beartooth
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:01:24 +, Tethys wrote: On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Greg Woods wo...@ucar.edu wrote: []so rpm hell is largely a thing of the past. Sort of. RPM was a victim of its own success. Because Red Hat was the leading distribution, it was the one that attracted

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread AP
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Heinz Diehl h...@fritha.org wrote: Better/equal in precisely what? Well, now got the idea that work is being done very well in rpm distributions, so actually what I earlier asked, should not be asked. Anyways, I liked the rpm because at least all of my (noob's)

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread g
hello ap. On 11/21/2013 10:33 AM, AP wrote: On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Mihamina RKTMB miham...@rktmb.org wrote: Technically, - making rpms are easier than making debs. Oh, okay. - apt is NOT the equivalent of rpm, but the equivalent of yum Okay, I must have used that. - You

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread AP
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:21 PM, g gel...@bellsouth.net wrote: [crap] as in usage as a _noun_, which is defined at; This is really shameful to have people like you.. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 08:46:07PM +0530, AP wrote: On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:21 PM, g gel...@bellsouth.net wrote: [crap] as in usage as a _noun_, which is defined at; This is really shameful to have people like you.. I think g was trying to make peace and you may have misunderstood his

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread Steven Rosenberg
Whenever you go outside the distribution and start picking up packages, be they .deb or .rpm, you invite trouble with dependencies, especially if those packages are not built for your particular release. Both Fedora and Debian/Ubuntu have very large repositories, and for Fedora, RPM Fusion is

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread Chris Murphy
On Nov 22, 2013, at 2:01 AM, AP worldwithoutfen...@gmail.com wrote: Exactly true. Its more like the analogy of cars. Some people prefer Ford, some Chevrolet, others like Mercedes-Benz better, but ultimately they all have an engine that runs on fuel. A better analogy that involves cars needs

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 08:46:07PM +0530, AP wrote: On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:21 PM, g gel...@bellsouth.net wrote: [crap] as in usage as a _noun_, which is defined at; This is really shameful to have people like you.. Pot meet kettle. -- Bob Holtzman Your mail is being read by tight

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 22 November 2013, Chris Murphy sent: A better analogy that involves cars needs some additional detail: Different automakers put the driver's seat in different locations. Mercedes right front, Ford right rear, Chevy on the luggage rack, Jaguar in the trunk, etc. Going

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread Chris Murphy
On Nov 22, 2013, at 2:22 PM, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Allegedly, on or about 22 November 2013, Chris Murphy sent: A better analogy that involves cars needs some additional detail: Different automakers put the driver's seat in different locations. Mercedes right front, Ford

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/22/2013 01:41 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: Not really. Do you think you can functionally operate any package installer without reading its manual, once you've learned any other package manager? That depends. Are you referring to the CLI or the GUI version? -- users mailing list

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread Chris Murphy
On Nov 22, 2013, at 2:59 PM, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote: On 11/22/2013 01:41 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: Not really. Do you think you can functionally operate any package installer without reading its manual, once you've learned any other package manager? That depends. Are you referring to

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread AP
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Paul W. Frields sticks...@gmail.com wrote: I think g was trying to make peace and you may have misunderstood his comments. Please, let's be polite to each other and not insulting. My intention was not to handle someone with gloves but I don't understand why

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread AP
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 1:30 AM, Steven Rosenberg stevenhrosenb...@gmail.com wrote: Whenever you go outside the distribution and start picking up packages, be they .deb or .rpm, you invite trouble with dependencies, especially if those packages are not built for your particular release. Okay

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread AP
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Chris Murphy li...@colorremedies.com wrote: Exactly true. Its more like the analogy of cars. Some people prefer Ford, some Chevrolet, others like Mercedes-Benz better, but ultimately they all have an engine that runs on fuel. A better analogy that involves

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-22 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 11:51 AM, g gel...@bellsouth.net wrote: such as, my self, i consider that you are of less experienced in using an email client, such as, thunderbird, and posting to list via gmail account. *cough* *cough* The above statement is both absurd and hillarious at the same

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-21 Thread Greg Woods
On Thu, 2013-11-21 at 20:59 +0530, AP wrote: Well I just heard a couple of guys saying rpm hell. Probably a reference to the very early days of RPM (pre-yum). You'd install a package, then find some library was missing and go to install that, which led to something else missing, etc. A few

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-21 Thread Mihamina RKTMB
On 11/21/2013 06:41 PM, AP wrote: On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Heinz Diehl h...@fritha.org wrote: What precisely are you asking for? Just wanted to know if rpm is better than apt or vice-versa or both are equal...or why did this bifurcation took place if the Linux is only the kernel...?

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-21 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 21.11.2013, AP wrote: Well I just heard a couple of guys saying rpm hell. Now a days, when rpm works very well, still does it lag behind apt in some ways...? What precisely are you asking for? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-21 Thread AP
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Heinz Diehl h...@fritha.org wrote: What precisely are you asking for? Just wanted to know if rpm is better than apt or vice-versa or both are equal...or why did this bifurcation took place if the Linux is only the kernel...? Thanks. -- users mailing list

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-21 Thread Tethys
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Greg Woods wo...@ucar.edu wrote: Probably a reference to the very early days of RPM (pre-yum). You'd install a package, then find some library was missing and go to install that, which led to something else missing, etc. A few cycles of this and you know what

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-21 Thread AP
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Greg Woods wo...@ucar.edu wrote: Probably a reference to the very early days of RPM (pre-yum). You'd install a package, then find some library was missing and go to install that, which led to something else missing, etc. A few cycles of this and you know what

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-21 Thread AP
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak m...@avtechpulse.com wrote: yum didn't always exist. yum handles the dependencies between packages. Ok. Before that, a lot of prayer was involved if you mixed rpm packages from different sources. You mean from third party sources. --

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-21 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
On 11/21/2013 10:29 AM, AP wrote: Well I just heard a couple of guys saying rpm hell. Now a days, when rpm works very well, still does it lag behind apt in some ways...? yum didn't always exist. yum handles the dependencies between packages. Before that, a lot of prayer was involved if you

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-21 Thread AP
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Mihamina RKTMB miham...@rktmb.org wrote: Technically, - making rpms are easier than making debs. Oh, okay. - apt is NOT the equivalent of rpm, but the equivalent of yum Okay, I must have used that. - You forgot the package management of Gentoo, Arch and so

Re: Why some say rpm hell

2013-11-21 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 21.11.2013, AP wrote: Just wanted to know if rpm is better than apt or vice-versa or both are equal Better/equal in precisely what? ...or why did this bifurcation took place if the Linux is only the kernel...? Because there are different distributions which all think that their own