[Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . .

Tue Nov 29 12:17:38 CET 2011

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:08, Robert Fox <list at foxconsult.net> wrote:
+> On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 11:05 +0100, nicolas vigier wrote:
+>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011, Robert Fox wrote:
+>>
+>> >
+>> > If you watch what the "other" major distros are doing related to this
+>> > topic - it may give a hint.  I am NOT advocating that we have to be like
+>> > them, I believe we need to offer the ability and the choice.
+>>
+>> Yes, it can give a hint :
+>> - fedora does not provide any teamviewer package
+>> - opensuse does not provide any teamviewer package
+>> - debian does not provide any teamviewer package
+>> - ubuntu does not provide any teamviewer package
+>>
+>
+> Agreed.
+>
+> I just meant, if the package provided by the proprietary supplier does
+> not work - then we should help ensure it does or make our own that works
+> for those of us that needs such programs.
+>
+> Maybe we should have a voting system for our user base - like a wish
+> list, and if enough people ask for it - we could consider it?
+
+I don't like such system.
+If many people want something, it does not mean that this is a good
+idea and that there is not a better way to do it.
+People just vote for an idea that someone else wrote that would
+workaround their current problem instead of reporting what is really
+their problem so that we can fix it.
+A place to discuss request is IMHO more useful than a place to vote for them.
+