On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 08:41 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > On 17.12.2008 08:21, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > On 17.12.2008 07:53, Kam Leo wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Thorsten Leemhuis > >> <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Here's a freebie: Borrow from Livna's install script. It already has > >> provisions for smart and apt. > > > > Guess what: it's not free -- packaging it/adding it to the existing > > packages can easily sum up to and hour or two of work (sometimes even > > more if you want to do them properly; see > > https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13 for example). Which > > brings me to the point I outlined earlier: "nearly nobody wants to do > > the boring things or things that are only useful for other people" > > > > Even worse: Seems the latest livna-release you get from > > http://rpm.livna.org/ these days also dropped support for smart and apt; > > I guess the livna people will readd it if somebody sends tested patches. > > One more detail: The old Livna package iirc has a bug: It leaves unowned > directories behind on uninstall or owns a directory that is owned by a > different package. That is something a lot of developers dislike (not > only because it might leave directories behind after uninstall; it also > can lead to problems if the permissions of that directory conflic). That > are more reasons why > > * it not a freebie / it's not that easy to grab the bits from the > livna package > > * https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13 takes so long > > IOW: Not everything is as easy as it might look like. BTW - I have been trying to get into the RPMFusion Wiki to help with a few things documentation-wise. Unfortunately, I've been on the road allocated on my day job at 202% billable, can't seem to get logged in with the ID I registered, and haven't had much more time to troubleshoot / fix the problem. Things are supposed to slow down for me next week. Hopefully I can get to a few things then. Cheers, Chris -- ====================== "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
