On 25 April 2011 15:15, Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/25/2011 07:42 PM, Piscium wrote: >> >> Yours is a good point, and also the way I see things. So yes, >> everything I use on a regular basis is available in the repos I have >> currently enabled, plus a package or two in Atrpms. And there are also >> two applications that I build from source, but they are very specific >> and I think no distro has them yet (they are very simple to build >> anyway, so not worthwhile to package). > > What would those two be? If they are simple to build, no reason not to > package them. > I will mention just one of them, a Latin dictionary, created by William Whitaker: http://users.erols.com/whitaker/words.htm When I started using Linux I used a tar ball with binaries provided by a college teacher somewhere in the USA, but then I realized it had an older version of the code and of the dictionaries. So I got the dictionaries from the Windows zip file and built the source myself from the website. Interestingly it is written in Ada as the author worked for the American military. I thought of packaging it myself but it is unlikely I will do it anytime soon, so if anyone has an interest please go ahead. It is very simple to build. It comes with good build instructions and one just calls gnatmake which does its magic. I did change one line of code for a different configuration setting, but it is possible alternatively to use a configuration file to the same effect. And as it is not being developed anymore there is no work required on new versions of for bug fixing. Mind you, I have yet to find a bug. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
