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Title: SuSE Linux 6.1: Why is ... not included?

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SuSE Linux 6.1: Why is ... not included?

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SuSE Linux: Version 6.1

For various reasons several software packages or special versions of certain packages could not be included in the SuSE Linux distribution or were not integrated into the system. Usually, SuSE is conservative with core components and important programs. Such software is only included into the system when it is has proven to be reliable in our internal tests.

Nevertheless, we sometimes deliver the sources of such programs with the distribution. These can be found on the first CD in the directory unsorted.

Additionally, there is not always enough time to renew every package between releases. This is especially true if there were only minor changes (which can of course be very important in individual cases). If we have overlooked something, we are happy to receive feedback about it. Send these comments to feedback@suse.de .

In some cases, a new version of a given program is released shortly before a deadline. In this case, the software in question could not possibly go through a proper test cycle.

Here are a few more detailed notes :

Kernel: Software from Documentation/Changes

The file Documentation/Changes which ships with the linux kernel suggests a great many software tools to install for compilation and use of the current kernel. Often, the versions specified are very recent; frequently they are simply the most recent version. Sometimes, these new versions have not undergone serious testing and it is not uncommon for them to have small, or even serious, errors (bugs). For this reason, SuSE may in some cases lack the newest version of a given program. Perhaps a given feature may not be availble, but the in the long run the affected programs and the kernel itself will operate more reliably.

Ghostscript >= 5.50

For licenscing reasons, we may not include versions newer than 5.50 in the CD distribution. However, we may adapt such versions to the SuSE distribution and make them available on the ftp site. see new_gs.html.

GNU Ada95 GNAT

When the CDs were created, the GNAT Ada compiler was not in sync with available compilation environments.

PGP 5, SSH, SSLEAY, etc

As our international (non-german) CDs are shipped from the United States to various other countries and continents, US export law prevents us from including any products which implement strong encryption. However, you can download these packages from one of our non-US mirror ftp-Servers. Have a look at http://www.suse.de/en/support/download/ftp/int_mirrors.html for a list of mirror sites.

linuxconf

We continue to consider the integration of linuxconf into SuSE Linux. A substantial technical obstacle remains: there is no simple way to allow linuxconf to modify configuration settings on a system which is also administered by Yast and SuSEConfig.

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Keywords: 6.0, SOFTWARE, DISTRIBUTION, GS, GHOSTSCRIPT, KERNEL, SSH2

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Categories: Frequently asked Questions , Applications

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