Ty,
On 2020-05-13 06:58, Ty Young wrote:
On 5/12/20 5:55 AM, Felix Schwarz wrote:
> Am 12.05.20 um 12:32 schrieb Ty Young:
>> Right, I figured it was some Fedora policy and not up to you. I
>> suppose I
>> should have been more clear there. Sorry for any confusion, it was
>> aimed at
>> the Fedora project as a whole as this is a Fedora issue.
> This is not a Fedora issue but a consequence of Fedora's core values.
> You not
> agree with it but "building from source" is so fundamental that it
> does not
> make sense to even start a discussion about it on fedora-devel.
>
> I suggest you read up on the rationale behind that policy (which is
> why I
> linked the policy document in the first place).
>
> I understand that missing components/features due to the source
> requirement
> are annoying but Fedora (and other distros) decided to take the "high
> road"
> here and actually fix stuff instead of shipping whatever upstream came
> up with.
As someone who has been burned due to Fedora's goody little two shoes
policies, I'd kindly ask that Fedora take a hike and not package the
software at all.
That should be "little goody two shoes policies" . .
P.
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