Re: KDE 3.2-beta2
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 03:50, david@bishop.dhs.org wrote:
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> >
> > Yes, yes, I *know* we don't support these packages, etc etc etc, but that
> > doesn't mean it's not worth coordinating to avoid these problems where
> > possible.
>
> Absolutely! As someone who is using "outside" debs, I have a vested
> interest in there being a clearly defined upgrade path.
Actually I think that Ben and the other people working on Debian KDE packages
are the ones who have the greatest interest in a clearly defined upgrade
path.
If you use an "outside" deb and it breaks your system a bit on upgrade then
you can just purge a few packages, rm a few configuration files, run dpkg
--force-whatever on some installations and it'll work again. If you have
only one machine to maintain (I suspect that most KDE administrators only
manage a single work-station) and you are up with KDE (know how it works and
don't mind getting into it) then this probably isn't a great hassle for you.
I haven't reinstalled my Debian system since 1996 and it's been through much
worse. ;)
But the people who maintain the official debs will end up getting bug reports
for packages they didn't create, and for bugs related to a broken upgrade
(which can sometimes surface many months after the upgrade).
Some of this KDE stuff makes me glad I'm packaging easy things instead. :-#
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