On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Merc wrote: > > > Hiya! > > > > On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 13:04, Andrew wrote: > > > > > I agree here. I think that the average user will not understand the > > > ability up2date has to make their life a breeze. I also propose that > > > we have a community page that lists GOOD yum/apt repositories and a > > > brief on them. > > [snip] > > > The average Joe is not going to look through newsgroups or mail > > > lists. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > I third that emotion, as I stated in an earlier thread a hand-holding > > into the world of community-supported repositories is sorely needed. > > there might be some value in a global software management HOWTO -- > rpm, apt-get, synaptic, up2date, yum -- showing how they work, how > they compare, etc. Sure, package management wrt all the gazillion depsolver frontends is in desparate need of a non-FUD HOWTO and FAQ documents, but these don't belong to release notes :) - Panu -
