On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 01:31:56PM -0500, Matthew Woehlke wrote: > > ...which is, in a sense, the real problem. The issue as I see it is that > rolling an RPM takes a *lot* more time and effort than 'make install', > especially with CMake (2.6 does /very/ fast installs). It would be > REALLY GOOD to install everything as an rpm (not least because this > would clean up cruft from old builds!), but it needs to be fast, and it > needs to be do-able without using root privilege. Otherwise I think the > costs will outweigh the benefits for a lot of people. In many situations rolling a rpm doesn't make sense. An easy example is numerical models. You compile it, run it and there is absolutely no reason to make it a package. -- Pat -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
