[CentOS-devel] progress?
Jeff Johnson
n3npq at mac.com
Wed Feb 23 01:23:24 UTC 2011
On Feb 22, 2011, at 8:15 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>
> It is the whole purpose of the CentOS Project.
>
It *IS* a bit daft not to be be permitted to modify dependencies.
Not changing sources (or risking behavioral changes with fepping creaturism)
is a different matter.
> The bottom line is, people can figure out how to recompile the packages
> just like we did ... but we don't change the sources. This is not going
> to change. If you want the sources changed, figure out what needs to be
> changed and ping on the upstream people as required to change their
> source files.
>
> They are the ones who can:
>
> 1. Make the distro self hosting
> 2. Get rid of hidden build requirements
>
Fixing "hidden" (or more likely missing) dependencies without being able to
just add what is needed is a bit arduous I'm sure.
73 de jeff
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