Keith White wrote:
>
> I`m in agreement here to a point.(My opinion only,of course).
> However,if you look at the rpms for redhat,most of the very up to date
> stuff is in the contrib dir.Not redhat(real)rpms at all,but rpms that users
> of this distro have uploaded to that site.
Actually in a previous post I made on this same thread, thats what I
was referring to when I mentioned that you would see the updates of the
updates the next day.
> Maybe as this thread has already indicated,there are people that
> understand the rpm method,much better than most. And maybe we should all
> start thinking about learning this, so as to help everyone out. SuSE has
> given us a contrib directory,i don`t know whether this is moderated, or
> not,but most times,its empty.
I'm in agreeance with this, I think, knowing that there are several
users that know how to package RPM's that this could benefit as a whole.
But would that be moderated to prevent malicious behavior or would it be
(like another OS) plug-n-pray??
> I know for fact that people out there are running the latest versions of
> a lot of well used software, such as windowmaker, apache, perl, the list
> goes on.
I'm using all the most recent AfterStep stuff on this and my other
machine right now along with the new file structure format they adapted
to. SuSE is currently using the old format which is understandable since
the the new format was part of the beta series. But it might be nice to
have the option like how they did with the beta of Pine.
> I think its unfair to expect any distributer, to stay on top of such a
> large cross-section of applications as are in use on any linux box. If i
> knew my own rpms were good enough i`d upload em, but how to get them
> tested on a system other than my own ?.
Kinda relates to my previous comment about being moderated above.
> I have now the situation here where, i have to ignore most rpm dep
> messages, cause i`ve installed from tarball, and rpm doesnt know the
> required stuff is there. This after 6 or so months is a pain, i mean can
> you really remember the versions you have of numerous libs etc. I know i
> can remember but a few.
heh, i agree there :)
> Maybe if suse were prepared, or a knowledgable user could test them, and
> authenticate them as fine, the contrib dir could really be a good place
> to get useable and stable rpms.
>
I agree there, what would the standing be relating to this SuSE reps?
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