On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 01:04:23PM +0100, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: > Marco van de Voort schrieb: > > >> As it looks to me now, I do not only see Lazarus in a downward spiral, > >> instead the spiral already has reached ground zero :-( > > > > Strange, while reading this, I thought the same, but then about Ubuntu. > > Since what else is a distribution then packaging and integrating the > > separate raw packages? > > The problems reside in the way, how the packages are constructed and fit > into the package management of the platform. The major problems were > finding the appropriate packages at all, and then to install the *many* > related/dependent packages at once. I've added my solution to the > "Getting Lazarus" (for Ubuntu) wiki page. > > The Lazarus specific problems with the currently available kits affect > the help system, and mostly have been cured in the trunk. There was > - an incompatible placement of the help docs, > - browser was not detected, > - StartPage does not use the user configured help path, > - incomplete docs after rebuild (missing topics) > - FPDoc Editor has problems with the Lazarus-Directory macro, > - and no help available unless all settings are correct. > > Another problem: how can a user rebuild Lazarus, when it has been > installed into /usr where the user has not enough rights. > > Some of these topics have been or still are show stoppers, preventing an > average user (even skilled developer) from testing Lazarus.
Probably all true, but why do you post this here, and not on the responsible bugsystem or maillist of Ubuntu? -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
