On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:22:13 +0200, "Martin Schröder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 2006/7/20, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Leave installing the source as an option to the user, and install > > > binaries as a default. > > > > And in 5 years noone will make source available. > > Better: Install the source where possible (and warn if there is no > source) but don't install from source as a default (and make this > choice configurable), and use binaries where provided, thus speeding > installation. > > I doubt that the typical eclipse user wants to compile eclipse from > source. :-)
There's a 'reason' the community is called 'Open Source'. This movement towards binaries defeats the entire purpose. The typical user shouldn't have to build from source, anyway. That is not what is being proposed, as I understand it. The typical user should never have to build from source. That's why there are those package things so many people like to ignore. -- Eric Furman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
