On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 12:04:11AM +0200, Peter 'p2' De Schrijver wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 12:00:07AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 01:53:37PM +0200, Peter 'p2' De Schrijver wrote: > > > > Claiming "nobody sane will ever use that" means someone who's actually > > > > interested in using said software, even if it's slow is left out in the > > > > cold. That's silly. > > > > > > The user can always ask to build it or provide resources to build it. > > > > Rotfl. > > > > Imagine: > > > > You have one m68k machine, and want to use it as a lightweight browsing > > machine (yes, some people do that). To have a browser, however, you'll > > need to let it run for >24 hours because the browser isn't compiled... > > and then you end up with mozilla, but you prefer a lightweight browser, > > such as galeon. Add another bunch of hours. > > Galeon is by no means a lightweight browser. If you want a lightweight > browser look at dillo or the GPE mini browser.
Whatever. The point is that not compiling software because it takes too long is not a solution; all you do is to move the problem from the developer to the user, and you add some on top of that. Not very nice. -- The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely one bananosecond -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
