[Bug 478007] Review Request: vmware-requirements - Installs packages needed for VMware's virtualization programs to run

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--- Comment #8 from Jason Tibbitts <tibbs at math.uh.edu>  2008-12-28 13:07:13 EDT ---
There are several issues here:

It's a metapackage.  We don't really want those in the distro.  Yes, there are
existing examples, but that doesn't make them good examples.  The proper
solution for this kind of thing would be to use a comps group instead.  Of
course, I'm sure that if you did commit a comps group for this, a line would
form to revert it.  

Are there plans to do this for whatever other commercial software someone might
install?  Why not have -requirements metapackages for every other piece of
software that nobody can bother to properly package for the distribution?  We
didn't even do this for flash (after having a similar discussion, mind you). 
Why would we do it for vmware?

Honestly, it is the responsibility of the software vendor to do integration
like this.  I'm sure there are many in the community who would be willing to
assist them in setting up a proper repository for Fedora users, with real
packages that have proper dependencies.  This half-way solution just doesn't do
the job on many levels, and entangles the distribution with semi-official
support for some random vendor's software.  No, thanks.

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