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Dear [nickname]

your project [projectname] looks like very interesting. I installed it on my
pc and i like it.
I want to create a rpm-package for the GNU/Linux-Distribution Fedora [1], but
your package comes with some unmodified libs which are standard in every
distribution and build against them. The Fedora Guidelines [2] says that
it’s not allowed to use internal dependencies if they are in Fedora [3]. I
have to patch them out on every release. To make it easier you could use the
system-libs to compile it. It works, i tested it on F10 and F11 and add the
patch for your buildsystem as attachment. It would be very nice, if you adopt
this to your project.

Kind regards
Simon

[1] http://fedoraproject.org/
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines
[3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#No_inclusion_of_pre-built_binaries_or_libraries

His/her answer:

Dear Simon,

I don’t give a fuck. Fedora isn’t mainstream and Fedora isn’t important (and it
never will be) and Fedora-Guidelines are Nazi-like.
It’s in Ubuntu and Debian so you can adopt it or leave it out. It’s not my
problem, it’s yours.

[nickname]

I haven’t answered yet.

So long and thanks for all the fish :-)
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