On 30 April 2011 11:47, Mizst Audens <mizs...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know about Debian, but I've had more than my fair share of problems > with packages from Ubuntu repo, and usually a compile from upstream source > fixes the problems. I remember a case with php5-gd where Debian refuses to > update their repo to the new version, causing widespread problems for any > php app relying on image scaling. For a while, the only way to fix it was to > compile from upstream source. So you see where I'm coming from. > But besides that, an immediately visible benefit is that you don't have to > go hunt for package names in repos if you use cpan. You can just grab the > name that's given by the dependency checker. > --Mizst
Way off topic for the koha list now, so if you want to continue discussing why you think using packages is worse than compiling from source, feel free to email me off list. (I do have counterpoints for everything you just mentioned :)) Chris _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
