-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 08:49:05AM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > Then I wouldn't be at the > mercy of the package maintainers. Huh? Just because you're using a distro with a package manager that tracks dependencies, and has a bunch of stuff already built as packages, doesn't mean you're at the mercy of the package maintainer. If you don't like how a certain package is built, there's nothing stopping you from using something like apt-build, or apt-src, to build your own local copy of the package, which is what I've done in a couple instances. As for the comment that recompiling is fun, I would have agreed in the past, but don't agree with that now. When I first got into gnu/linux, I thought compiling my own software was fun, but it started being a hassle after about 3 years or so, which is why I went from slackware to debian. I thought I'd prefer the convenience of just being able to install a built binary, and that turns out to have been the case. That's my own opinion of course, and I'm sure there are folks out there who would enjoy compiling their own software 20 years later, as much as they enjoyed it on day one. Also, when compiling, it does help too have modern hardware to do it on, which I don't have currently. Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknD2f8ACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyAF8wCeIcdcbS2ih9zO8jQRRnssKhoo OqwAoJBQCZD6gs8iObUag3lfz25/HIvx =+Kb3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
