On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 00:00, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote: > That is not aictually not solution, The problem with compiling > GNOME and GTK have been going on too long and no degree of > Debian bigotry fixes the fundemental problem. > configure/make/makeinstall are not a packaging system; they are optimized for the needs of _developers_ and _packagers_, not end users. If you want to compile from source but still have something optimized for your needs, BSD ports, Gentoo, garnome, etc. are examples of source-based tools aimed at end users. jhbuild is a tool aimed at developers that also makes it easier (handles the various paths for you for example). Use these tools. Compiling from source is hard due to the intrinsic nature of the problem. I don't think there are many ways to make it easier without compromising functionality for developers and packagers (and the library itself), but you're welcome to suggest specifics (which you haven't, you are just bitching). But don't confuse the build setup with a packaging system. The purpose of the build setup is to be flexible enough to be bent into the various packaging systems and tools, which keeps it from making the assumptions those systems make in order to just work. Havoc _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
