Re: Getting 3D graphics support out of my ATI Rage XL video chip?
On Sun, 2012-09-09 at 19:16 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 04:24:00PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> >
> > I wonder why people is so reluctant about installing packages from the
> > outside when this involves upstream projects which are well-known and
> > trustworthy :-?
>
> It adds another layer of unnecessary complexity. If you can do
> everything using packages from Debian mirrors, then there is only one
> place to report bugs, whereas if you come across a bug *AND* are using
> 3rd party packages, it only complicates bug triaging, and your bug will
> probably be closed as unable to reproduce. Note, some maintainers are
> not interested in bug reports if there are 3rd party packages involved.
>
> See vlc bug reports when deb.multimedia.org repository is enabled, for
> example.
>
> There are probably other reasons, which escape me at the moment.
Third party repositories can provide libraries that are ok, when you
install them, but someday those libraries might cause a dependency
conflict, if you upgrade or install new software.
Regards,
Ralf
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