Re: [Tracker] anyone using Tracker outside Debian and Ubuntu?

["Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <tshepang gmail com>]

On 11/15/06, Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk> wrote:
> David Nielsen wrote:
> > ons, 15 11 2006 kl. 09:26 +0200, skrev Tshepang Lekhonkhobe:
> >> Hi,
> >> It's interesting to note that I haven't heard of anyone using Tracker
> >> outside Debian and Ubuntu, even considering that the project is one
> >> year-old. What's going on?
> >
> > Tracker is available on a number of other distros, personally I use it
> > on Fedora where it's just been added to the Extras repo. There is also
> > talk about using it by default for FC7, Jamie might be interested in
> > partaking in that to avoid technical falacies being uttered.
> >
>
> is that for technical reasons or is it something to do with redhat
> preferring non-novell apps in wake of MS pact?
>
> if its technical only then I will partake (let me know where - which
> mailing list)
>
> I dont want to encourage a boycott of novell's stuff as it will
> obviously look like im exploiting the issue for my own gain. I will GPL3
> tracker though once that license is ready :)

Either way, this looks like a positive gain for the community --
Tracker is superior anyways, isn't it :-)
About GPL v3, this might raise issues with other FLOSS hackers who
would dislike such a move, specifically Linux kernel hackers. I don't
know the differences between v2 and v3, but what I gather so far is
that v3 is controversial.