On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:19:45 +0000 Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. You can call it a straw man, no problem calling things as they are. I love people quoting other people slightly out of context and putting their spin on it to make a point ... Simo. -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
