On 6/29/06, Ryan Heise <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 09:20:11AM +0100, tim hall wrote: > actually compiling it from source shouldn't be particularly > complicated. I know there is a psychological brick wall around package > building Problems with users trying to compile source code (on debian): - It is often necessary to install certain -dev packages first. At the same time, it is rarely obvious to a user that a missing -dev package is the reason for it not compiling. - Mixing package-managed programs and manually-compiled programs gets messy. E.g. If the user compiles/installs from source, and then finally a proper package becomes available. It is not straightforward to cleanly upgrade from the self-compiled version to the packaged version. Problems with developers trying to maintain packages: - Too many package formats. - Too complicated package formats. But developers should (I think) take on the responsibility to make things easier for users. -- Ryan Heise http://www.ryanheise.com/
What can I say? It buids easily on the two platforms I have here - Gentoo and FC2. The developers are, in my experience, very nice guys who provide information and fixes quickly to those who take the time to join their mailing lists and make requests of them. If it's not building on your or anyone elses system then all can suggest is that you do the normal thing - join, ask, work & wait. Sorry for having created some kind of problem here. Andrew asked. I responded. Next time I guess I stay quiet. sorry, Mark
