Re: [opensuse] checkinstall and opensuse 11.2 - partial solution

"On Monday 07 December 2009 9:14:53 pm Philipp Thomas wrote:
On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:29:25 -0500, you wrote:
F.U.D. You should work for M$ you do it so good

Not FUD! Read
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/why-you-should-not-use
-checkinstall-595581/

Still any questions?


So, you fault the design because the author no longer has the time or
interest. At least he wrote it and released it.

The article you pointed to says it can break SLACKWARE...how does that apply
to openSuSE. Carlos has shown it can work, you simply provide nothing except
that you say it is broken by design, that it won't work. So, fix it,
incorporate the changes Carlos has demonstrated can provide a working version
that works with openSuSE. Oh, don't forget to package it...

Carlos has already shown that it works, albeit with a little massaging, but
that it works is because the design isn't broken, it is because technology
changes. IOW, when a distro changes where it puts all the support files, when
the /dev/hdX devices suddenly become /dev/sdX, you can expect that some
support utilities may break, but it isn't because of design, it is because it
is a moving target to keep up with a changing distro that often seems to
change for no reason than change.

Carlos showed it can be patched and published the how and what...what have
you done? You state categorically that it is broken by design and state one
should use the OBS which requires Internet, more skills than most people have,
dependence upon a firm like Novell that has made a pact with M$ (devil) and
they keep poor-mouthing so often and demonstrating it by laying off the very
employees needed to provide proper support of not only this program/script but
of many others of importance.

With that track record, I don't see how one can trust that OBS will even be
around....when it goes off line because of a corporate decision to cut losses,
where does all that centralized support disappear to? The bit-bucket in the
sky. At least, with my local mirror of the programs and source code RPMs, I
don't have to worry about not being able to reach Novell.com or openSuSE.org
and find out that some executive decided to a) charge for all such services,
or b) cut their losses and get out of the unprofitable job of providing
support for "all the major distributions" instead of SUSE and openSuSE. If
the OBS ever becomes simple enough to compete with checkinstall, maybe it
would be a viable replacement.

Richard
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