On 03/12/10 15:11, Somebody in the thread at some point said: > Andy Green wrote: > >> On 03/12/10 00:45, Somebody in the thread at some point said: >> >>> If you are the user, then you should not be compiling software. :-) You >>> should be using some repository and that repository is responsible for >>> rebuilding the package. >> >> I tend to agree with what you have been writing but this seems wrong. >> >> I don't think I'm the only person who is using Fedora as a basis for >> homegrown apps, if what I want isn't in Fedora (because I am creating it >> locally) then I certainly will "compile software" as a Fedora user and >> the case must be considered. > > Uh, please read the context of my statement! > > I wrote: >> Huh? I have to compile the stuff I am developing very often anyway. >> Having to rebuild it once is not going to be the end of the world. > > Simo Sorce replied: >> It is if you are not the developer but the user. > > And I replied: >> If you are the user, then you should not be compiling software. :-) > > In this context, if you're writing homegrown apps, you're a "developer", not > a "user", so the above sentence obviously does not apply. Instead, my > original point does (you'll be compiling your own software very often > anyway). It's a bit of a false dichotomy because I may be developing my stuff and using someone else's, but I take your point. -Andy -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
