packaging September 2005

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Re: [Fedora-packaging] packages which add user accounts: is fedora-usermgmt the way?
by Jef Spaleta 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

On 9/7/05, Christian.Iseli(a)licr.org <Christian.Iseli(a)licr.org> wrote: > 1. I haven't seen a convincing argument why FE packages need to add fixed IDs I'll send over Uncle Nikko with his wide array of "convincing" arguments. Which would you prefer tire-iron,wrench, wooden baseball bat or perhaps crowbar. > > 2. If it is deemed so important to have fixed IDs, why doesn't Fedora Core > provide a mechanism to add them ? Even if I can be convinced at some point > that fixed IDs are really needed, I doubt the proper place for the > mechanism is in FE. Fine..eventually it should be in Core or not... but a particularly shallow packaging problem... that can be addressed by moving the solution into Core later. Remember Extras a path to inclusion in Core for "important" items. We aren't going to get anywhere at all if we collectively hold our breath, stick our head in the sand, and wait for someone inside redhat to deem this important or not-important and decide to add the optimal solution to Core. We get much further by building a flexible solution in Extras and adjust it based on growing experience using the solution. -jef

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Who owns /usr/share/locale/<lang>?
by Ralf Corsepius 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Hi, Who is supposed to own /usr/share/locale/<lang>? rpm -qf /usr/share/locale/* on FC4, reveals ownership on these dirs being handled quite inconsistently. Many are unowned, several are owned by individual packages (gettext, hal, gawk ..., seems like packaging bugs to me), ... Ralf

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