e1[67]Re: why I'm using Ubuntu instead of Fedora ATM

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 04.01.2007 09:42, Christian Iseli wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:53:54 -0500 (EST), Max Spevack wrote:
>> On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>>> And yet, oddly, they ship Enlightement as the default desktop, but I 
>>> don't see it in Extras.
>> My first window manager.  As a Fedora user, I'd use E in a second if it 
>> was in Extras.
>> A bit off topic, I know.  But permit me the moment of nostalgia.  :-)
> There was an attempt to get it in Extras:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-May/msg01041.html
> Dunno what happened...

The usual problem iirc; the packages depended directly on some non-free 
stuff. One of the culprits was xine-lib iirc. That in Extras these days, 
so maybe it's possible to ship e1[67] now.

BTW, I once looked at the e17 SRPM from ydl5 and ran away horrified 
after a few seconds...

CU
thl