29 Jun
2006
29 Jun
'06
11:24 a.m.
On 6/29/06, Ryan Heise <ryan(a)ryanheise.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 09:20:11AM +0100, tim hall
wrote:
What can I say? It buids easily on the two platforms I have here -
Gentoo and FC2. The developers are, in my experience, very nice guys
who provide information and fixes quickly to those who take the time
to join their mailing lists and make requests of them. If it's not
building on your or anyone elses system then all can suggest is that
you do the normal thing - join, ask, work & wait.
Sorry for having created some kind of problem here. Andrew asked. I
responded. Next time I guess I stay quiet.
sorry,
Mark
actually compiling it from source shouldn't
be particularly
complicated. I know there is a psychological brick wall around package
building
Problems with users trying to compile source code (on debian):
- It is often necessary to install certain -dev packages first. At the
same time, it is rarely obvious to a user that a missing -dev package
is the reason for it not compiling.
- Mixing package-managed programs and manually-compiled programs gets
messy. E.g. If the user compiles/installs from source, and then
finally a proper package becomes available. It is not straightforward
to cleanly upgrade from the self-compiled version to the packaged
version.
Problems with developers trying to maintain packages:
- Too many package formats.
- Too complicated package formats.
But developers should (I think) take on the responsibility to make
things easier for users.
--
Ryan Heise
http://www.ryanheise.com/