modern hardware makes a huge difference, which is why I was looking for a place to host the mud. I went from 3 minutes compile time to 20 seconds or so, if that. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield Web: tysdomain.com email: tyler at tysdomain.com My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:01 PM Subject: Re: denyhosts quandry > -----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----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
