LO4 in repos?

[Ric Moore]

On 02/12/2013 10:38 AM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:28:05 +0000
> Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12 February 2013 14:48, Cybe R. Wizard
>> <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> Doesn't that seem backward?  Shouldn't integration come from the DE,
>>> not the individual packages?  It seems a little odd that a DE should
>>> have to 'repair' packages in order to use them with its own
>>> integrated controls.
>>
>> How can a desktop integrate with an arbitrary package from the
>> Internet of which it has no prior knowledge?
>>
>> The integration /has/ to come from the new thing that you are
>> installing. Anything else is a logical absurdity.
>>
> Are you saying that the drop down menu predates all the applications it
> shows?  Somehow I don't think that's the case.  I believe the menu does
> the 'integration' of all those packages and shows them no matter the
> package or menu origin date.
>
> I must be missing something, but can't figure out just what.
>
> What is it about Unity which causes it to need packages to support it
> instead of it supporting the packages?  It seems to make for a
> quite limited number of 'supported' packages.
>
> Maybe that's the entire point?
Betting that you have to add /opt to your path, as well. Ric



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