At 6:20 PM +0100 2005-06-15, Andy Heath wrote: > Many open source software products provide small text > installation documentation files that explain what > is needed for particular platforms - for example > the XFree86 distributions used to (dunno if they > still do). The answer "come look over here at > our product" doesn't cut it with me. There is > mutual co-operation > and there is "come look over here and you won't > need anything else". You seem to be displaying > the second.
The Mailman project cannot maintain binary packages for every platform we support. We provide the source code, and if others want to produce binary packages from that, that's up to them. RedHat is doing exactly the same sort of thing that other vendors do in this respect. If vendors decide they want to create a binary package, they need to keep and maintain their own documentation on how to update the binary packages. In this respect, RedHat does a much better job than some other vendors. If you're going to be running RedHat on your machines, then you need to know how RedHat handles their binary packages. Your failure to fully understand this process is not the fault of RedHat, nor is it the fault of the Mailman project. -- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 SAGE member since 1995. See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp