On Mon, 2013-08-26 at 20:15 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > If "users will never compile anything" then why are we expected to do > so?
They are not; nobody said they were. > You say that Evo is available from the downloads page. I did not say any such thing. And it would depend upon your definition of "Evo" and your definition of "available". > However, the only versions available from there need to be compiled in > order to be used. Correct, because DISTRIBUTIONS distribute FLOSS software. That is CRYSTAL &@Y&@ )@(@*@* CLEAR. And understood by everybody running a FLOSS OS/environment. It is called a "DISTRIBUTION", for pete sakes. > If users are unable to compile anything then the downloads page has > nothing that can be used by users. Yep. > So how are users expected to get the latest versions of Evo? Just > wait until whichever distro i use happens to upgrade? Yes. And the overall distribution does not need to, you just subscribe to a repository for that distribution which does. Standard practice. I'm on openSUSE, it is just a couple of clicks and I'm subscribe to the GNOME latest repo. Done. > You tell me to write to a 3rd party but then fail to give me an > address of someone that will respond to my request. You do not know what distribution you are using? Since they DISTRIBUTED the software to you... > It makes no sense to have to write to a 3rd party in order to get your > software. Okay, then stop using FLOSS. Because that is how it work 99.44% of the time. Some projects may choose to package on their own, and then they very frequently distribute packages that do not work correctly. > What is the downloads page for? Don't know. > It is obviously not for users to download Evolution for themselves to > use so who is it for? Developers possibly, although they will almost certainly subscribe to a code repository. So maybe it doesn't really have a purpose; but then nobody uses it. Move on. -- Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:[email protected]> GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
