Error: Missing Dependency: xine-lib = 1.1.7 is needed by package xine-lib-extras-nonfree

David Boles dgboles at gmail.com
Sat Jun 16 23:07:52 UTC 2007


on 6/16/2007 3:45 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On 17/06/07, David Boles wrote:
>   
>> I don't see any of them complaining on this list as you have done. Have
>> you? Names please.
>>     
>
> Eh? Are you confused about the history of this thread? Re-read it,
> please. Where did I complain?
>
> Users, who are burnt by broken deps regularly more often are pissed
> off and try out alternative distributions, if they are not loyal and
> patient enough to submit bug reports. Apart from that, fedora-list is
> just one communication channel. There are message boards, blog
> entries, enough place where to criticise broken updates.
>
> Whether negative feedback is seen as complaints or as helpful input is
> a matter of perspective. For those, who are involved in Fedora and
> Livna package releases, such feedback leads to conclusions and
> improvements.
>
>   
>> This is mainly volunteers that you are talking about here. People that
>> have families, real jobs, maybe like do a little fishing, watch a movie
>> once in while, and do the 'maintaining' in their free time. For free. Do
>> you really think that you can demand someone who is doing the work for
>> no money and who is going to provide the package(s) for nothing to jump
>> through hoops because you are upset that things don't happen with a snap
>> of your fingers? So why don't you do this yourself? be a maintainer I mean.
>>     
>
> See  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MichaelSchwendt  for some of my
> Fedora related activity.

There are three, maybe four, similar threads. If I replied to you, and
it was not you that I should have said what I did, I apologize.

-- 

  David


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