Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of WhyPackagesExist

Timestamp:

May 11, 2007, 9:51:27 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

ari

Comment:

s/gaim/Pidgin/

WhyPackagesExist

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-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 Pidgin, and while sometimes these patches cause problems, they also                                                                                                                               often fix bugs that were discovered after the release.