Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Donnerstag 20 November 2008 14:14:25 schrieb ext Dirk Uys: > > >> Another reason is that OO is reputed for having a very complicated >> build system that takes up a lot of resources to complete. Depending >> on the hardware you are doing this on "using a binary package that >> most likely doesn't fit into your otherwise self-compiled system" may >> not be that idiotic. >> > > If my hardware is not compilation friendly, I'd use a binary distribution and > end up with an OOo that fits into the system (given that the maintainers of > the chosen distribution also compiled the package from sources). > > Bye... > > Dirk >
I agree, if you are going to use a OS that is source based, you need to be source based. It may take 6 or 7 hours to compile OOo on my rig but everything on my system is compiled as far as I know. Also, isn't whether a person uses a binary or not up the the person in the chair? Why is it that every time someone comes here to get help with OOo that a comment is made to install the binary? That is not exactly a fix for the problem. I have read about problems with the binary version too and the compiled version will work fine. Let the person that owns the puter make up their own mind. It's not our place to tell them what packages to install unless they ask. Dale :-) :-)
