mandriva packages

Mark Doliner mark at kingant.net
Sun May 20 01:38:20 EDT 2007


On Sat, 19 May 2007 16:05:58 -0500, Richard Laager wrote
> On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 16:58 -0400, Dale Worley wrote:
> > Might it be possible to provide a list of links to other people's pages
> > for downloading packages created by outsiders?  ISTM that that would
> > create enough clarity that the packages aren't the Pidgin group's
> > responsibility, and at the same time satisfy users who want those
> > packages.
> 
> I'd really prefer we didn't do this because not everyone will realize
> we're not endorsing them and it will come back to bite us eventually.

I kind of feel the same way as Richard here.  Additionally I feel like most
people should just get Pidgin from their distribution.  Ideally it shouldn't
matter too much if people have to wait a few more weeks to use the latest release.

-Mark




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