I'd say it's relevant for Koha deployers, but I'll email you. :-) --Mizst
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Chris Cormack <[email protected]>wrote: > On 30 April 2011 11:47, Mizst Audens <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know about Debian, but I've had more than my fair share of > problems > > with packages from Ubuntu repo, and usually a compile from upstream > source > > fixes the problems. I remember a case with php5-gd where Debian refuses > to > > update their repo to the new version, causing widespread problems for any > > php app relying on image scaling. For a while, the only way to fix it was > to > > compile from upstream source. So you see where I'm coming from. > > But besides that, an immediately visible benefit is that you don't have > to > > go hunt for package names in repos if you use cpan. You can just grab the > > name that's given by the dependency checker. > > --Mizst > > Way off topic for the koha list now, so if you want to continue > discussing why you think using packages is worse than compiling from > source, feel free to email me off list. (I do have counterpoints for > everything you just mentioned :)) > > Chris >
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