[X2Go-Dev] X2Go packaging (Was: X2Go organigram)

[Moritz Struebe]

On 2013-03-12 12:43, Oliver Burger wrote:
> Well, of course anyone may package any software for any OS as long as
> the license allows to do so.
>
> Perhaps my point didn't come across.
> My point is, I'm just not a fan of third party packages. I've seen to
> much bad ones as I went along and I've seen too much Windows style
> "let's download software from some site in the web and try to install
> it somehow", that is just not the way it works using GNU/Linux.
> Of course it is nice, when upstream projects do package their stuff
> and I'm always basing my distro packages on the upstream srpms, if
> they are available and if they are not crap (which I've seen as well
> over the years).
> My problem is the "rpm-based distros" part.
> As I see it, packaging for any and all rpm based distros at the same
> time is just not possible. Of course you can package for some of them
> at the same time using OBS, but then you will just have some rpm
> packages and you should note that somewhere.
> The way user's minds work is "There is a rpm package, I can't install
> it on my distro, so that distro must have some serious problems", even
> if the problem is just the package was not built for that distro...
> _______________________________________________

Ok, so what is your suggestion? Do not provide no packages at all. Add a
big red warning? Try to find packagers for those (are you volunteering?).

I personally prefer the latter two. ;)

Morty

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