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Richard Freeman wrote: |
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> Agreed, although I think most people would agree with the principle |
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> being alluded to. I don't think many people had issues with making |
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> users fetch their java files, as they generally had stable URLs and were |
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> hosted for a long time. The real issue is with software where old |
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> versions are completely deprecated a day after something newer is |
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> available. Many games fall into this zone, and as a result they rarely |
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> become stable packages. |
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Good point; it seems to me to imply that this isn't in fact a QA issue, but |
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a license one. In which case, it comes down to: if a provider wants their |
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software in Gentoo, they either accept it will be forever unstable, or |
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forget about their nonsensical license terms. |
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As usual, this is only my opinion. I believe skype in fact make money from |
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their software being in Gentoo? I really cannot understand why there is |
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more sympathy for their position and so little for the ion3 author (apart |
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from his insane mail to arch of course ;) who afaict hasn't made a lot from |
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his work, apart from the odd paypal donation, which many users want to |
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keep. Or is it that Skype are a big company so we have to kowtow? /me is |
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well-confused. |
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(This is not for games, where practical consideration means updates are |
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needed quickly, and are thus usually kept in ~ as noted. Although, using |
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one of tuomov's ideas could change that too.. teh sigh.) |
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