<snip> > > It would be *ideal* for us to just ship source packages, but our > intuition is that no matter how simple the > build process, some customers will only want binaries (the opposite of > my preference :-)
You need to consider ease of ongoing support for the product. Most large
shops will shy away from compiling from source due to the implication that
they would then need to apply patches manually for ongoing maintenance.
They will want a rpm (or some form of package) that can be easily and
silently installed remotely from a central repository. Fixes can then be
managed by supplying a new maintenance level of the rpm to the repos and
let normal procedures pick it up and install it (with all the concomitant
change control).
Cheers
- Tex
Brendan Kelly
Senior z/OS & Linux IT
Specialist
Open Source Community of
Practice Co-Leader
IBM Global Technology
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