g-wrap lost - So am I

[David Tangye]

Good points conrad.
Refer a couple of responses below.

Conrad Canterford wrote:

>And a growing problem seems to be that the great herd of plebs seem to
>think that linux should be just-like-windows-only-costs-nothing.
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Yup, and I am one of them. Sorry.

>If you don't like what you see, don't complain about it - offer to help.
>
Sorry, I used to do this a lot, but have no time these days.

>Even the simple act of using the software, and making a suggestion of
>"Wouldn't it be better if we did this ....?" contributes to the future
>development in a positive way.  
>
You can take my initial post in this positive light if you want to.

>>I just upgraded to RedHat 7.3 and still gnucash does not work.
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>Are you using the gnucash binary that shipped with RH7.3? If so, each
>and every single dependency for that binary is on the CD. I know, I
>installed my gnucash from those CDs. It works.
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Yup, I am sure. But if you select "Upgrade RedHat" you just get the 
stuff already onboard upgraded. Then you think "Neat, now all I have to 
add in gnucash". Wrong. You get stuck and do not get a simple list of 
packages to also add - that is my point.

So to rephrase. Can someone give me a simple list of rpm's to include 
into a gnucash install, so having upgraded RadHat so gnucash will run, I 
can now simply add the required stuff and off I go.

>>I need the
>>gnucash rpm to just grab the relevant dependent packages and bung them
>>onboard. I do not even want to know about it.
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>This is a problem with the rpm format, and nothing to do with gnucash.
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Agreed.

>If it irritates you that much, change to debian. The debian packaging
>system will get all the dependencies and install them for you. Of
>course, then you'll be faced with even more choices and other problems.
>
OK, so we agree that to change a distro just because one particular app 
*might* then install more easily is a bad idea. Sure sounds like a giant 
leap sideways to me.

>Better yet, volunteer to help with the development of some of the tools
>being made to try and overcome this problem.
>
My post can be taken as a "user request" to add into that process. I am 
out of development these days, as I said retired and gone into a totally 
different vocation.

>>Get the idea?
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>No.
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:-). Yes you do.