Yet another FC3 wishlist

Nicolas Mailhot Nicolas.Mailhot at laPoste.net
Thu Jul 22 06:08:44 UTC 2004


On mer, 2004-07-21 at 20:28 -0700, Max K-A wrote:
> > IMHO Fedora needs a special application that assist you at downloading
> > things (like this firmware) and then builds RPMs from the files
> > automatically.
> 
> 	The mscorefonts package does this pretty well. You just download the
> file, type one command, and you've got an RPM, every time. I think it's
> http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/

The mscorefont relies on fixed urls.

A lot of the non-free material is hidden behind click-through forms
(including accepting restrictive licenses) designed specifically to make
automated download impossible.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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