On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Shawn Walker wrote:
> Having a reference distribution is one thing; having that reference
> distribution be used to ensure compatibility is another.
Indeed.
> As an independent developer, I want to be able to distribute
> binaries that I *know* will work because all of the dependencies
> will already exist on the system in a default installation.
> Anything that requires the user to download additional pieces
> before my app will run is unacceptable to me.
Then perhaps the reference (binary) distribution should be a bigger
cluster of ON. Minimisations can be treated as special-cases of the
reference distro.
regards,
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