From: Rasmus Plewe (rplewe_at_suse.de)
Date: Wed Nov 29 2006 - 15:11:19 CET
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:11:19 +0100 From: Rasmus Plewe <rplewe@suse.de> Message-ID: <20061129141119.GF18296@coredump.suse.de> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] SLED 10 list?
On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 02:49:41PM +0100, frank.hornung@stihl.de wrote:
> >On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 02:20:31PM +0100, frank.hornung@stihl.de wrote:
> >
> >> perhaps anybody here can tell why SLED 10 does not have a rpm package for
> >> gv?
> >
> >Because we limit the package set to a reasonable set and SLED already
> >contains other PS viewers.
>
> 1.)
> my users comming all the way from Suse 8.2 are very much used to gv and
> they told me that kghostview for example does not provide the functionality
> they had with gv.
Generally: If we would include everything someone thinks is better than
something that is included already, we would end up with shipping
basically every piece of software there is. We have to make a descision,
and take the risk to exclude some software that actually _is_ better for
the majority of users. We are grateful for feedback that enables us to
refine our software selection, but we can't make everyone happy.
> 2.)
> I understand SuSE's attempt to keep number of packages to maintain small
> (makes the Distri cheaper to maintain).
No. It makes it _possible_ to maintain it.
> BUT!
> Try to understand your Customers:
> - Why does something i have to pay for have less functionality than
> something i can get for free! -
> Sure, SLED has some advantages in comparison to OpenSuse but in this special
> case OpenSuse would have been the better choice for us...
You can get a lot more functionality "for free" than is included in
SLE10. What you don't get for free is the maintenance and support from
Novell. You are welcome to install gv from an external source (including
the 10.1 media), just like the software you wrote inhouse for your own
use or any third party software. As long as you understand that you
don't get SLE-maintenance and support for it.
> Sure, i can download gv from opensuse repositories and install it on
> SLED-Systems
> BUT!
> When security-related bugs get fixed i have to manually update this single
> package - which is a pain.
This is generally true for software not part of the installed operating
system. Oracle, gv, SAP - there are lots. But we can't support every
software you might want to install. And I might add that there are
operating systems out there which offer a lot less software included in
their OS update mechanism...
Regards,
Rasmus
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