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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] kde3.1 apt-getable?
From:       Richard Bos <allabos () freeler ! nl>
Date:       2003-01-29 21:33:55
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Op woensdag 29 januari 2003 22:23, schreef KMcLauchlan@chrysalis-its.com:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Bos [mailto:allabos@freeler.nl]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:14 PM
> >
> > kde3 is now available for 8.1 as well. The component has been named
> > kde3-stable.
> >
> > > By the way, recently I found apt-get became very slow, is
> >
> > it because more
> >
> > > and more users converted to apt ?:)
> >
> > Unfortenately not.  AFAIK it has to do with the bandwidth
> > that has been
> > reserved for non paying users.  Which has been brought down,
> > as you and me
> > notice.  That's the way it is.

Hi Kevin,

> Forgive my ignorance. Who is doing what, where, and
> what are they charging, and what are they charging *for*?

the gwdg ftp server provides professional services to research institutes 
(let's phrase it that way, I don't know the details).  As you can imagine 
these paying institutes may expect some big pipe.  The rest that is left it 
given to linux lovers.

> Also, what does "kde3-stable" mean?  It's not SuSE
> testing it, is it?  Who vouches for the "stable"
> claim?  How widely and thoroughly was the package
> tested?

The rpms provided by the kde3-stable apt component are just the rpms released 
by SuSE.  If you look at the server, you'll just find the rpms linked to the 
rpms in the SuSE directory.  The links are needed to make up the apt 
repository.

> (I hope the tone doesn't sound confrontational -- I just
> want an idea of what I'd be letting myself in for, versus
> waiting for KDE3.1 rpms to appear on SuSE.de.)

I hope that my explanation is clear enough.

-- 
Richard Bos
Without a home the journey is endless


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