Re: policy changes toward Non-Interactive installation
>>"Joey" == Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:
Joey> Well I for one find being able to make sure I am upgraded to the current
Joey> version is very useful, especially given the historical buginess of
Joey> realplayer.
Good point. If a location for the free download can be easily
determined, can be found, I'll provide a real-player alert script
that warns you when new packages appear. Hmm. I need to look at where
this is advertized. Perhaps optionally download it for you, and run
mk-realplayer on the result.
Joey> If, however, you make it difficult to ensure that a machine tracking
Joey> stable is not running the current version of realplayer, expect me to
Joey> send you bug reports.
I see. Well, I guess, given this, I am not going to take over
your package. I'll just create a set of packages that conflict with
yours. As I said, the itch is getting enough for me to scratch.
Joey> If you want to maintain realplayer, it is yours. I have
Joey> intended to drop all my contrib packages anyway. I hereby
Joey> orphan the package.
Sorry. The whole idea of my realplayer package is to be a
lower hassle package; it won't periodically bother you. Since you are
threatening the next maintainer with bug reports unless they follow
your directions, I'm not too keen on taking it.
manoj
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