Patrick Useldinger wrote: ... > I thought that the rationale for using binaries was security:
That is incorrect. The reason for using binaries is sanity of the developers. UpGRADING (changing functionality, changing version numbers) from source is HARD. Having thousands of people thinking they should be able to build a new version from some arbitrary old version by source is a leading cause of developer hair loss, and helping those people would waste an incredible amount of developer time. You gain NOTHING by upGRADING by source. It's more pain for you, more pain for the developers. ON THE OTHER HAND, upDATING (patching) by source is trivial. It Just Works (when you follow the directions). Nick.
