2009/3/4 Andrea Musuruane <[email protected]>: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Ralf Corsepius <[email protected]> wrote: >> ... but you could use non-free to replace packages from free ... >> >> It's essentially the same as to replace packages from Fedora with RPMFusion >> packages, only that it would be RPMFusion replacing itselves ;) > > It is RPM Fusion policy NOT to replace packages from Fedora. > We do not replace package, we replace library using the system dynamic linker.
In the general case: What leaded to replacement library versus non-replacement package: 1/ It is always possible to have both packages installed. 2/ It is eventually possible to support a switch for which system wide library to use 3/ if needed, the switch can be implemented from a given apps using it's own LD_LIBRARY_PATH. 4/ etc Nicolas (kwizart)
