On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 23:24 +0100, ianseeks wrote:
I've tried 2 sites to download the rpms (one being ftp.suse.com) and I end up with dependency issues where KDEbase and Amarok and few others require kdelibs >= 3.5.2. Kdelibs is listed as a download release of 3.5.1-?? This has happened to me quite a lot of times over the years - is this a problem with the packagers not being diligent?
In a way. The supplementary directory is basically a testing ground. Anything you find in there is hugely untested, and is provided only for those who know the risks and accept them. The build system is almost fully automated, and it happens that there are packages in the build system which haven't been provided externally, so you get dependency problems. It also happens that the package was built in the wrong distribution environment (e.g. a 9.3 package built in a 10.0 or 10.1 environment, sometimes even vice versa) If it ever happens in an officially provided package, then would be cause to complain about lacking diligence. But these packages are experimental, built for testing only, and should not be relied on for anything serious