A few packages out there do something really sane and provide both
static and dynamically linked binary packages. Opera is one such. Last
I checked, they offered a variety of dynamically linked binaries for
different standard platforms, and also a statically linked one to cover
anyone who either didn;t have one of the "supported" sets of libraries
or just didn't want to mess with them.
Seems like a very little extra work for a very large potential gain in
audience.
-Mike
--
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the
other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious
deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult."
-- C.A.R. Hoare
On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 10:33 -0800, Allen Brown wrote:
> justin bengtson wrote:
> > Bloat. It would suck if quality in code was ignored because "modern
> > computers
> > certainly don't lack disk space" or RAM. The beauty of the open source
> > model
> > is that code comes with the binaries (if any) so, if you are so inclined,
> > you
> > can perform your own code review and make revisions as neccesary. Maybe
> > even
> > share them back with the author.
> >
> > Want binary packages and bloatware? Go with Windows.
> >
> > --- Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The last statement is illogical. Windoze uses shared libraries
> and as a result has the same library compatibility problems.
>
> I also dislike the problems of updating a library and breaking
> tools as a result. I would prefer static linking.
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