Adobe reader

[Hans de Goede]

Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> On Friday, 26 October 2007 at 07:17, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> On 25.10.2007 19:57, RPM Fusion Wiki wrote:
>>> The following page has been changed by ChristophKarl:
>>> http://rpmfusion.org/Wishlist?action=diff&rev1=12&rev2=13
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>   Place your current requests here. 
>>>   {{{
>>> +   Request: Acrobat Reader
>>> +   Summary: Viewing PDF Files.
>>> +   URL: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html
>>> +   Grounds for inclusion: For complicated documents Acrobat Reader produces better results
>>> + 
>> As much as I would like a sane Adobe reader RPM in rpmfusion, it's not
>> possible afaics. From
>> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/distribute.html
>> """
>> Note: Third-party websites must link directly to Adobe.com for the
>> download of Adobe Reader software. Hosting the software independently is
>> not permitted.
>> """
>>
>> IOW: we can ship that without breaking licenses, thus we won't ship it.
>> Same for flash-player afaik.
> 
> We could provide nosrc.rpms like jpackage does, but we can think about it
> later.
> 
> Regards,
> R.
> 

Actually I have a group of students working on a third party application 
installer for Fedora, which will use a combination of autodownloader, no src 
rpms (which will automatically get build using "sources" downloaded through 
autodownloader) and system-install-packages, the end result will be a list of 
applications like acroreader, googleearth, realplayer, etc. Which can then be 
installed / updated with a single click by the enduser, while still getting 
correct SELinux permissions, being easy removable as they will be installed as 
rpms, etc.

If anyone is interested in helping them I can put you in contact.

Regards,

Hans