On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Dave Cottlehuber <[email protected]> wrote: > Being able to build from source without a network connection is likely a > plus for packagers & maintainers.
Not really. As a packager, I would much prefer a clear list of (released versions of) dependencies, including the possibility of building against system versions of libraries. I guess patches to dependencies are clear, though it would really help if those could just go upstream. Cheers, Dirkjan
