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We write a documentation for, which has to be translated in each +</I>><i> language. +</I>><i> 2. We provide a get-teamviewer package (as for skype). I guess there would +</I>><i> be a script in it, that does the needed steps? However, a packager would be +</I>><i> needed for it, who build and maintain it. +</I>><i> 3. We take care, that the provided Mandriva package on the Teamviewer +</I>><i> website works properly in Mageia. Due to my limited knowledge I can't +</I>><i> estimate the effort for that possible solution. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Regards, +</I>><i> Thorsten +</I>><i> +</I> +I would say that number 1 here makes the most sense, provided that +there aren't changes every 3 months in the teamviewer dependencies, +which seems unlikely. + +For number 3, I would say using the Fedora rpm would be better +practice, as more software like Teamviewer will have rpms for Fedora +than Mandriva. +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="009950.html">[Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . . +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="009958.html">[Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . . +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#9952">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#9952">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#9952">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#9952">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |