[arch-general] ArchLinux AntiDesktop (was: Another rant on arch way abuse and false promises)

[Christos Nouskas]

Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> > I know, but why would anyone in their right mind put some tro^Wguy's
> > custom repo _before_ the official ones, especially when the provided
> > packages are not the nightly builds of <insert_your_fav_app> but ones
> > like xorg-server?
> 
> In the preceding conversations some have said they would. The whole
> point of his repo is to maintain separate versions of xorg-server sans
> some bloat.

IMO, custom packages providing different functionality (or having 
important different dependencies for that matter) should have different 
names, e.g. nvidia-beta, kernel26-bfs, skype-oss, [kdemod-*], [nightly]. 
At the very least, it allows for for faster troubleshooting. Again, IMO.


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