Re: FUD Against PLF?

On 04.09.2011 00:58, Jos=E9 Alberto Valle Cid wrote:
> Hello to all,

Hello!

> in some places are asking to users of Mandriva 2011 not
> setup PLF repositories for 2011, with this arguments
> =

> "They are old, with obsoleted program versions, not good for RPM5, and
> contains many rpms that could serioulsly hurt Mandriva 2011.0"
> =

> Even  i see someone have setup a temporal codecs repository
> (supposedly until Mandriva setup their restricted part of their
> repositories).
> =

> Do you have a official position about your relationship with Mandriva
> from 2011 to above ?
> What have to say to this kind of noise ?

It is true that nowadays we have lots of packages in PLF that aren't
maintained anymore due to a lack of manpower (both on packaging and
administration side), and may thus be old versions or no longer working.

However, I'm not aware of any packages that could "seriously hurt
Mandriva 2011.0" in any way.

Also, we are not involved with MIB or Mandriva regarding this possible
new repository, and we'll continue providing the PLF repository for 2011
and cooker.

> Thank you very much for your time and response

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Anssi Hannula