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Re: gnome-pilot patches need applying



On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 03:14 -0700, Alex Lancaster wrote:
> I downgraded to using pilot-link-0.11.8 on FC4 for this reason (I
> don't even try gnome-pilot let alone evolution integration), and seems
> to be working OK.  I'll file some bugs on bugzilla.redhat.com on the
> current pilot-link-0.12.0-0.pre3.0.fc4.1 included in FC4 when I get
> time.  Interestingly, the pilot-link maintainer, David Desrosiers, has
> specifically admonished distributions not to include any of pilot-link
> 0.12 pre-test versions and wait until the official 0.12.0 release:

I was talking to him last night in #gnome, and he's not happy what
fedora are doing - he's getting loads of bugreports that are specific to
FC4, and not present in the main release. Is there a specific reason we
went so bleeding edge?

> See the first announcement of pilot-link-0.12-pre1:
> 
>  http://www.pilot-link.org/node/129
> 
> and a recent posting here:
> 
>  http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-pilot-list/2005-June/msg00011.html
> 
> I know Fedora is supposed to be bleeding edge, but is it wise to
> include a version in the distro that it's maintainer specifically
> suggests not to?  I'm curious to know the reasoning behind including
> this version in FC4.

Similar. The rawhide patches allow me to sync my palm using gnome-pilot
(thanks!) but also delete all my contacts and todo's on my palm! Just a
warning for all those of you who don't believe in backups!

Richard

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