On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:26 AM, Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Chris Mauritz wrote: > My second problem is with the source build of all those packages. > Building from source is something that we strongly advocate against in > all other support venues (irc, mailing lists, probably also forums). Well, I can probably speak for the forums :-) Yes, whenever someone asks how to compile from source, we discourage it and provide possible alternative methods to get the desired program/software. There are, however, situations in which compiling from the source is the only way. In this case, I will try to make sure the procedure does not touch any distro-provided files. If the software is popular and its addition to "CentOS-approved" repository is not on the horizon, I think we should offer the correct instructions on how to install it. Otherwise, users would go ahead and do it anyway on their own just to mess up their systems. We just have to make clear on the wiki that the procedure is not supported by CentOS. Good example are seen in the Custom Kernel /Modules wiki articles. A big warning sign is presented on those pages. The fact is that quite a few people come to these articles for various reasons and are being helped. Akemi > And now I let others chime in. > > Cheers, > > Ralph
