Re: Updated gnome-* RPMs

[Richard Caldwell <rdtzine toriamos org>]

Hall Stevenson wrote:

> I saw on Gnome's front page that a couple of the gnome-* packages have
> been updated. Specifically, gnome-core, to v1.0.3. When will RPM
> packages of these be available ?

According to a package list posted on Slashdot they're available in the 5.9
release of RedHat that has appeared on RedHat's FTP server.   Unfortunately
that's flooded right now and the mirrors haven't had a chance to catch up.

I've said this before and since nobody cares I guess it won't hurt to say
it again.  It's ridiculous to release RPMs for a bug infested mess like
Gnome 1.0 and then not release RPMs for the bug fixes as soon as possible.
  Are we inflicting some kind of purgatory on users foolish enough to
download the first release?

I was willing to spend some of what little free time I have chasing bugs
for this project because I think it's a brilliant piece of work that needs
a lot of polishing.  Unfortunately I'm wasting all my time dealing with the
maze of twisty little passages that results from mixing RPMs and tarballs.

Fine, whatever.  I'll use what I have and wait for the big "RedHat 6.0 is
ready for the desktop" announcement that seems to be the holy grail of this
whole project anyway.