On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:39:21 +0200, "Truls A. Tangstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 10:40:41AM -0400, Dan Sommers wrote: > > Does "all systems" include non-x86 hardware, too? That's an awful > > lot of binaries to maintain! > Well, I have to admit my current world revolves around linux-distros > and windows at the moment, with osx on the horizon, so my definition > of "all systems" is practically abit more narrow than some others. Speaking as an OS X user (presently on PPC hardware; don't get me started!), I wasn't even going that far. Debian, e.g., supports and distributes Linux on Motorola 68k's Sun SPARC's, Alphas, Power PC's, ARM's, MIPS, HP PA-RISC's, and IBM S/390's (not to mention the IA-32 vs. IA-64 question...). I guess my point is why paint yourself into a corner when all the tools exist to let your users choose their own hardware and use the available package managers (apt, RPM, etc.)? That said, the OS X user in me does appreciate installing software by simply dragging the application bundle (which appears as a single file) to my /Applications folder (and the equally painless subsequent upgrades and uninstalls). And *that* said, there are now *three* complete Python installations on my hard drive (the one that came with OS X, a newer version I installed myself with fink, and the one that came bundled with NeoOffice/J). :-/ Regards, Dan -- Dan Sommers <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.tombstonezero.net/dan/> _______________________________________________ PyKDE mailing list [email protected] http://mats.imk.fraunhofer.de/mailman/listinfo/pykde
