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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: A proposal to deal with the current RedHat situation
From:       Mike Richardson <mike () quaking ! demon ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-09-03 8:54:48
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On Sunday 01 September 2002 11:51 pm, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Sunday 01 September 2002 07:59 am, Shawn Gordon wrote:
> > This way KDE would make the packages, and not the distros.  So
> > now when people complain that RedHat has a fubarred KDE we can point them
> > to the "official" KDE package (hosted by KDE).
>
> KDE, as project, does not provide binary packages but we happily distribute
> packages made by others via ftp.kde.org and its mirrors for the convenience
> of our users. With the last release Jarl Gjessing was so kind to provide
> RedHat packages but it seems that he has switched to a better distro since
> so he will not be making any future RedHat packages.

If this ever comes about, I vote for including RH and MDK packages which 
install KDE into /opt/kdeX, which is where (insert deity of choice) intended 
it to go :)

>
> So maybe someone else who wants to make RedHat packages could take up
> Shawn's generous offer. You should probably start with KDE3.1beta1 to get
> some experience. Once you have packages available please contact either me,
> Dirk, or sysadmin@kde.org for instructions how to upload.
>
> I'm sure that Jarl will be able to help you on your way a bit as well. :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Waldo

Mike

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