On 10/07/2012 15:47, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > Hi, > > You raise some valid points, which might still be a concern today. I > still get annoyed when I need to setup a Windows development > machine. I would like a Lazarus binary release, but without FPC, > because I prefer to keep my FPC source on par with the FPC Fixes > branch. So I don't need the outdated FPC that is included with the > Lazarus installer. > Well I am much less adventurous :J this is the IT_industry-age-old debate of 'is worse better'.
To you developers of the tool, worse is indeed better. To users who use the tool, they need something that produces /stable/ results and behaves predictably, even if it's limited. (I admire the process Linus T. has created for Linux kernel reg. stable releases : I keep wondering why more software projects don't jump the bandwagon ;) even thou you get 'go download a newer kernel will ya' thrown at if you ask them about kernel 2.6.24 :J ) > > On 10 July 2012 15:14, Lukasz Sokol <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well, I didn't dare to propose this for 3 reasons : - chm package >> is 16.3MB, adding to already heavy 78.8MB lazarus installer exe, >> not cool for some people who are bandwidth-challenged; If the >> plain-text html is the same content, that could be included by >> default, possibly. > > I was one of those poor souls that had limited bandwidth per month. Yeah I thought I saw the p^W^Wyou mentioning it. I grew up on a 115200 symmetric link ;) and on a 56k modem before that. http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIS (sorry it's in polish - this solution was used probably nowhere else in the world according to this page ;) even the Russians knew better :J ) > That is why I offered the INF help and DocView to the Lazarus > community. INF files + DocView binary is a mere 2.3MB download - and > the INF help files contain all the same information as the other > formats. Oh, and it is supplied in the ZIP format. ;-) > Well I am not disk challenged, and I don't like to wait ;) html suits me (and if anything, I don't need external programs, ff will do ;) L. -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
