Stephen J Baker wrote:
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>
> But this is *LINUX* - think about the culture you are stepping into here!
Using this as my reference,
>
> By far the vast majority of programs are distributed in source code
> form - and the './configure ; make' mechanism is sufficiently
> easy that lots of non-programmers can compile and install source-only
> applications. When legacy apps fail to compile 'out of the box', those
> people will be utterly unable to figure out what to do to fix them.
I think you just contradicted yourself. We can change the culture to
suit non-programmers, or we can strive for a better way.
Sorry for the tangent, I just had visions of the Linux community
thinking
SETUP.EXE cures all problems ;-)
--
Richard A. Hecker
"if it isn't source, it isn't software"
brought to you courtesy of NASA
