On Tue, 29 May 2007 07:45:11 -0700 "Dan Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/28/07, DJ Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Based only on your comments above (I haven't looked at the proposed > > changes), good idea. I had automated each section when xorg7 was > > first introduced, however, it was decided that this was way too > > much hand holding, and those scripts were moved into the wiki. > > This was the way that I had envisioned it originally, but > > compromise was made in the generic block of commands that are now > > on the intro page. I hope we've gotten past that and that the > > partially automated sectional build falls outside of the 'too much > > hand holding' argument. > > I hope so, too. I think more people have actually tried to build it > now and realize how much of a PITA it is if you don't have the whole > thing scripted. Absolutely. It's all very well to say 'don't handhold' but why force people to reinvent the bloody wheel every time. It's the multiplicity of the components - all built the same way - that does it, none of the other packages have this scale of duplication. Even GROAN, which I don't build, isn't in this class. R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
