I'm not doing any developing on my machine. I do however quite regularly download and install files that are either in .tar.gz format or are .src.rpm and need to be rebuilt. I alway use the developer install so I don't have to worry about libraries and such. It would be a real shame to have to ask the installation process to install devel headers so I can rebuild a .src.rpm for my system. On the other hand, I download every single cd that you offer for free so it's not like I won't be able to access those files. If it ain't broke it must be working fine. Abe >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >I think: > >It's really not an issue at all since for $3.99 US I got both CD's with >Linux Mandrake from Cheapbytes that included EVERYTHING I need and ALL >the header files I could EVER use to develope any app I can imagine to >put together. I'm just learning C++ and I've found Mandrake "developer" >install to be the Cat's meow! > >Mark > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> How much developement on a first CD? >> (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20000830115111) >> >> I just got an interesting request from Geoffrey Lee: >> >> :~Denis, can you make a poll or annoucement to ask for opinion? >> :~ I *don't* want us to be the first distro who has Anon Coward who post on slashdot who say >> :~hey I got Mandrake but fuck there are no frigging devel headers >> :~and people say we make another Corel .. >> >> As you can imagine, my answer was: >> >> With pleasure. I wanted to do it yesterday already. >> >> Just give me a text of question (must be short) and >> possible answers, because I can not come up with anything usable. >> >> But he did not really come with a short question and well-defined answers, so I decided to post this as a story instead. Here is what he answered me: >> >> >> Hmm, let me see. >> >> Some developers have suggested to move a portion of the development header files out of the main CD, due to space concerns (Just think of how much space the kernels and the >> XFree stuff are taking up ...). This is OK for desktop users, since they cannot care about what to do with /usr/include/*, but for people who develop things >> on their machine, or download stuff to build from .tar.gz (because there ain't an RPM yet) , things might not go too well ...what do you think? >> >> Ok, what I think is "I could not care less as long as the second CD is free too", but since we are always giving >> away only the first CD on fairs, and people have to download the second one (or buy some pack), I wonder if this is such >> a good idea. But then again, are these people who take free >> CD-s developers at all? Or are they simply bored Windows >> users, who have no need for any developers packages anyway... >> >> What do you think? Jesus saves, Allah forgives, Chthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich.
