Fedora/RH policies sometimes suck

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 4/10/07, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote:
> >> Then they should EXCLUDE the ENITRE package.
> >> That way some, like the OP, don't get frustrated thinking they did
> >> something wrong because the damned thing doesn't work.
> >
> > Ah of course its obviously better thant a couple of million users don't
> > get any working office suite than you get a little confused by a specific
> > feature. I'm sorry I must have forgotten that you are the only person who
> > counts and that every other users needs are irrelevant,
>
> Wouldn't it be better for those couple million users to have a simple
> way to get the real thing from someone willing/able to distribute it
> than to have a crippled version dumped in their lap?
>

It would be subjectively better, yes. And it is currently possible,
anyone can setup a yum repo just for that. But no one has, likely
because no one wants to.

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