Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of WhyPackagesExist

Timestamp:

Nov 10, 2006, 5:18:41 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

lschiere

Comment:

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WhyPackagesExist

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 Many people have asked about providing packages for inclusion on the downloads page.  This seems like a reasonable solution to the fact that we simply do not have the resources in either machines, diskspace, or time, to build packages for every system type and distribution out there.  It is, in fact, a solution that we tried in the past.  Unfortunately, it was abused, and packages were posted that, unbeknownst to us, contained unauthorized patches which introduced bugs.  In light of the fact that we are unable to prevent such abuse from happening again, we do not accept or post packages that we do not build.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
-As I said, the fact that we provide binary installers at all should be                                                                                                                             
-viewed rather as an extra, as the primary source for packages should                                                                                                                               
-always be your distro.  When you get packages for your distro, you have                                                                                                                            
-a level of assurance that this package will not break unrelated services                                                                                                                           
-or programs that cannot exist when getting 3rd party packages from us,                                                                                                                             
-or from any other source.  Additionally, the distros often apply patches                                                                                                                           
-to gaim, and while sometimes these patches cause problems, they also                                                                                                                               
-often fix bugs that were discovered after the release.                         
+As I said, the fact that we provide binary installers at all should be                                                                                                                             viewed rather as an extra, as the primary source for packages should                                                                                                                               always be your distro.  When you get packages for your distro, you have                                                                                                                            a level of assurance that this package will not break unrelated services                                                                                                                           or programs that cannot exist when getting 3rd party packages from us,                                                                                                                             or from any other source.  Additionally, the distros often apply patches                                                                                                                           to gaim, and while sometimes these patches cause problems, they also                                                                                                                               often fix bugs that were discovered after the release.