packages without internet source in fedora

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 16:21 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 16:18 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 16:14 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 22:00 +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > > > * missing upstream: I think that fedorahosted is not right, a distro
> > > >   neutral place should in my opinion be better.
> > > 
> > > I don't really feel that way.  That'd be like saying code.google.com
> > > isn't neutral because they also do a linux distro (or have threatened
> > > to)
> > 
> > maybe I'm confused - I can see some concern about distro-specific
> > locations for abandoned/orphaned upstreams. But not for apps for whom
> > their upstream is hosted in fedorahosted. for those - it should be fine
> > - and not matter about the distro.
> > 
> > -sv
> > 
> 
> Maybe I'm just jaded that fedorahosted is too 'distro specific'.  I
> didn't want it to be, but I guess that's what you get when "fedora" is
> attached to the name.  (having to sign the Fedora CLA to get an account
> doesn't help much either...)

the latter bit is the only concerning part for most people, I think.

-sv