[Mageia-sysadm] [forums-discuss] Re: updating sysadmin privileges in forum config

Sun Mar 25 16:50:39 CEST 2012

Op zondag 25 maart 2012 08:24:31 schreef Wolfgang Bornath:
+> 2012/3/24 Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org>:
+[...]
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+I do agree with misc that software used by mageia shouldn't be different from 
+what we package.
+
+I also agree that having nice plugins is alot better than patching code, this 
+makes for a nice and stable and tested upgrade path.
+
+i'm not against phpBB or php in general, i kinda like php, it has it's good 
+points.
+
+but nothing prevents people to implement a proper and documented API, in any 
+reasonable language.
+
+take for example squirrelmail. it has alot of plugins and they don't require 
+patching (except, some do, and that goes to show that the API could have been 
+better)
+
+another example is drupal, etc...
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+
+of course, i can understand it if no sysadmin wants to keep a patched software 
+up2date where mageia doesn't have a package...
+
+if there had been a package, a packager could have been doing upgrades instead 
+of only a sysadmin. and a sysadmin would've happily done the upgrade of a 
+well-tested application.
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