Re: LibO Install/Update ( was [tdf-discuss] Automatic Updates)

> But it is important to keep in mind the distributions' own release
> policies.  Many distributions do not allow non-security-related
> updates over the course of a single release cycle.  This allows them
> to thoroughly test a given combination of software.  Having the
> distribution release one set of packages and having the foundation
> release another set may be confusing to users and will may prove to be
> a major annoyance to distributions which work hard to provide a
> coherent set of packages.
>
> I am not saying that such packages should not be released, my point is
> merely that we need to be mindful of the needs and limitations of the
> distribution maintainers, and not make life any more difficult for
> them than is absolutely necessary.  Just pushing out packages and
> telling users to download them is not a good strategy, in fact it is a
> really good way to turn distributions against you.  More thought, and
> a lot of discussion with those maintaining the distributions, will be
> needed in order to guarantee a mutually beneficial approach.  It may
> not be possible to completely please every party, but unilaterally
> bypassing the distributions entirely is not a good idea in my opinion.
>
> -Todd

Yes, you are right. But in this case the service would be offered to 
them and it would be up to the distros to either use it or not. Or the 
user of that particular distro would then have the option of installing 
it if wished.

This is what the KDE group offer. I got my updates to KDE4.5.0 from the 
KDE site rather than wait for the Mandriva repos update, which of course 
are on hold now. I just set up my package manager to point to the KDE 
repos for Mandriva.

This method seems to work well for the KDE group.

Marc

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