[Fedora-packaging] easing external software installation - discussion

[Itamar Reis Peixoto]

why are you asking ?

because this

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478007

?


On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:12 PM, David Timms <dtimms at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> David Timms wrote:
>>
>> Could we have an "external software requirement" category or sub-category
>> in comps that packagers could use to put together similar groups of packages
>> needed by specific external software packages - like:
>> |- Desktop
>> |- Servers
>> ...
>> |- Languages
>> |- External software installation requirements
>>  { eases the install of external software by installing Fedora packages
>> that such software needs to be able to run on Fedora. The external software
>> will still need to be obtained from it's distributor, will often need
>> further manual configuration to be usable, and is not supported by the
>> Fedora project }
>>  |-- ldap browser
>>  |-- vmware server
>>  |-- vmware server console
>>
>> Is the fact that the external software is mentioned by name a potential
>> problem ? Would for example "pc virtualization server" resolve that ?
>>
>> Are there any real problems in any of the above ?
>
> - we could require that only external software, that could never be properly
> packaged in Fedora due to either third-party or our constraints, would be
> allowed to have such a comps entry.
>
> - Some people seem to call external software "third party software". This is
> a bit deceptive as most of the software packaged in Fedora is written by
> third parties (and their communities). Yet it might be better terminology.
>
> So far it seems no one is objecting to this proposal (at least in
> fedora-packaging list). Since this isn't directly a packaging issue, is this
> the most appropriate forum for such a discussion ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> David Timms.
>
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