Author: pete
Date: 00:04:37 06/22/00
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On June 21, 2000 at 07:28:13, Jonas Soderberg wrote: >Hi everyone! >There are a couple of very good programs out there for Linux but my problem is >that even though I mostly succed to install the programs I faile even more. > >My little wish list is: >Xboard + Scid + Crafty + Anmon + Comet +... in one (or several) RPM package. > >I dont even know if one can put all in one package but I do know that managing >rpm-packages is easy and therefor I guess that the programs would be used more >if people know that they can install/upgrade on their own. > >I have used all these programs and I like them a lot, thank you all, but I have >a very hard time to install them... > >Regards, >/JonaS I have thought about this a little as it looks like a rather simple task. You won't get them in one RPM package mainly due to copyright issues it seems. And : will it really help if you have a RPM for them ? you have the program files set up then . You still have the problem to do the special settings for the program ( ini-Files , hash settings , tb-files , cache ) ; this could be made a little easier or safer than usual but the main problem remains. An even bigger problem is maintenance and support btw. You probably have to convince the program authors or dedicated persons to support them . I agree though that probably it would help spreading the programs and I like the idea . Probably the best point to start are Xboard ( where it seems very likely to me that already someone has done the job ) and crafty .
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