On 20 September 2010 15:15, SinnerBOFH <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > On Sep 20, 2010, at 7:07 AM, Thomas Lottmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Le 20/09/2010 12:53, atilla ontas a écrit : > >> Also local communities can package software just for their needs and > >> won't placed in official repos. Like we providing Zekr (Quran study > >> tool) and zemberek (Turkish spell-checking tool) on Mandriva Turkiye > >> repository (MVT) > > > > Just a not : I am against this form of packaging only for a group of > people. Anywhere in the world someone who wants to study a language, turkish > for xample, may need it. Currently we need to focus all our efforts in > Mageias official repositories and avoid as much as possible having too many > different repositories. Programs are usually not territory dependant. > > > > That's out of subject anyway, but I wanted to tell clearly my opinion on > this. Remember : Mageia takes back the same spirit of easy to use and > simplicity that comes form Mandriva and Mandrake. Fiddling with many extra > repositories is then what we do not want to hear about. This would even > force people to be members or to visit the website to add the repo and then > access te program they were looking for. So, that's just no to me. > > +1 > > The easiest it is for the user, the better. > > Now with globalization, you can find anywhere on the world someone from > anywhere of the world. > > As an ex-pat I know what I'm talking about. > > Salut, > Sinner > _______________________________________________ > Mageia-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss > Just a quick heads up. There is a Mageia-uk irc channel. i don't think having lots of country specific repos is a good idea, lets have all the packages available to every one, if they have a clear description about them then people can make up there own mind whether to install say a french tv guide on an english located pc, as long as we can get enough people translating.
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