David Walluck writes:
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Gary Benson wrote:
Couldn't have said it better myself. The only reason people are starting to get strange mixes of packages is that Fedora has lagged JPackage because there's not presently the manpower to keep them level.
There's no guarantee of this and, in fact, it is quite likely that jpackage versions will supercede FC4 versions (except there isn't much jpackage manpower right now, either). That is, unless you were to bump the epoch on every FC4 package as was done with eclipse (why the special case here I am not sure).
On the other hand, people want more compatibility. And I want less (ideally no) duplication. So I would again ask for some policy that separates native libs from the jars. Or at least maybe someone is willing to put some real thought into it rather than dismissing it outright.
No-one is doing that. A great deal of real thought has been put into this issue, and will continue to be.
Andrew.