On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 A1tmblwd@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Dag Wieers <dag@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 A1tmblwd@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >> Dag Wieer's package has the least dependencies. After my last > >> experience this would appear to be for the good. The code for > >> perl-XML-Parser comes from a common source, www.cpan.org. So, why the > >> difference in dependencies? Why are third-party packagers not using the > >> source rpm and spec file from Fedora Core so that this difference in > >> dependencies does not occur? > > > >Because at the point that this was packaged, there was no alternative. My > >original package existed before any official one. > > Dag, please clarify. Do you mean that you were the first to put out a > perl-XML-Parser for a Redhat/Fedora release and that RedHat/Fedora later > added the module to their distribution Correct. I don't have access to my buildsystem currently to verify exactly at what point I added it. I think it was for RHEL3 and prior distros. I did not introduce it to replace a core package. And personally I think people are making an elephant out of a musquito :) (Dutch expression) If you care what repositories can and can not do, look at apt's pinning or smart's priorities. Or stay away altogether from what you don't trust. I don't get paid for every extra user, so it won't make a difference. -- dag wieers, dag@xxxxxxxxxx, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]
