Re: Kernel snapshots and kernel versions

Res wrote:

See the other objectives on why programs may have patches. Also refer http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/WhyUpstream for some exceptions.

I dont need to go read url's, the fact remains they are not entirely like upstream, and i doubt a patch to make it work on fedora thats not needed to work on others will always be incorporated into the upstream software, maybe some might, but most do not, and the stripping etc, so you cant sit there and say the "distro as a whole", its simply not true because it can not happen as you point out there are policy dictated exceptions.

Multimedia programs usually have proprietary or patent encumbered codecs are

snip, yes yes ive heard the bullshit all too often, dont worry tho, ubuntu has been running on test bed for a couple weeks and it leaves fedora for dead, i can see why its uptake is so popular, it takes 3 clicks to enable the "restricted packages" and voila!

Rahul