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

[Robert Fox]

On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 12:20 +0100, nicolas vigier wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011, Robert Fox 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?
> 
> You are free to try to help teamviewer fix their package to make it work
> on Mageia, you can already do it now, there's no need to have a voting
> system to consider it.
> 

Sorry Nicolas - I would if I knew how, but unfortunately I am not a
packager nor am I a developer with intimate knowledge of Mageia - I am
simply a power user who enjoys testing the latest (cauldron) and giving
feedback.

Thanks anyway.

R.Fox