NNTP (again): Pan moved from Core to Extras?

[D. D. Brierton]

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 12:34 +0100, Emmanuel Seyman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 10:36:22AM +0000, D. D. Brierton wrote:
> > 
> > So, basically Fedora Core is going to lack a proper, full-featured
> > newsreader altogether.
> 
> No, slrn will still be there. :-)

Heh. Okay, it will lack a *graphical*, full-featured newsreader ... :-)

> Seriously, Thunderbird will suffice for the few seconds it takes anybody
> to type "yum install pan".

I don't want to make a big deal out of this. It's just that "yum install
pan" is so hard to discover for a new user. First they have to know
about yum, then they also have to know about Fedora Extras, and then
they have to know that they need pan. Most new users will probably
attempt to use either Evolution or Thunderbird for newsreading, and be
dismayed that they can't access binary newsgroups and experience all
kinds of random problems (last time I tried out Thunderbird for
newsreading it crashed).

People who are not otherwise particularly computer-savvy do use
newsgroups -- just look at the various newsgroups about TV shows,
movies, politics, and the binary newsgroups on photography and graphic
art (it's not all pr0n and illegally copied software, music, movies
etc).

Best, Darren

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