On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 22:54 +0000, Paul wrote: > Hi, > > > > I'd honestly recommend checking the sources out from svn and compiling > > > it up. It will lead to far fewer tears when FC updates gtkhtml and the > > > such. > > > > How? > > As soon as FC changes one of the libraries which (say) gtk-sharp or > monodoc relies on, the rpms will break or you won't be able to do the > install. At least with the source version, you just do a quick recompile > and it's as if nothing happened. >
Not true, but thats fine. The recompile wont fix anything if the soname changes. > > gtkhtml being updated will still break your stuff if the soname changes > > if you are using svn, tarballs, packages, or telepathic source creation. > > Point is, if you have the -devel rpms installed and updated, you just > need to recompile and that's it. Jobs done. > Fine, but that is the same as compiling from tarballs. Why is compiling from SVN so much better? > Plus it does have the advantage of giving bug fixes not available in the > rpms ;-) And additional bugs not available in the rpms. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that no one should run from SVN, but I don't think advocating people follow your tutorial for building from SVN just because they are having minor packaging issues is proper. Maybe writing a tutorial about building from source tarballs instead of from SVN would be a good idea. That way you could still link to your website with every message you send to this list. --Todd _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
