On 03/27/15 07:50, Dmitry Kozhinov wrote: > The discussion here is lately focused on "how do I build package A" and > "how do I build package B". Firefox is a good example. I will say > "Firefox" in this message, but this may be applied to other packages as > well. > > Isn't it supposed that Firefox should be built by Firefox *developers*, > not *users* (note that we are on oi-discuss list, not oi-dev)? And there > are ready-to-use binaries, why not use them? Building such things by > users is a duplicate and a waste of effort. Why not spend your precious > time to do something productive, something new (be that related to OI or > not)?
I don't view it as an either-or proposition at all. Having developer (or perhaps better stated as "maintainer" or "distributor") provided binaries is great. You're right that it's a time saver for ordinary users. But having reliably buildable sources is also crucial. Without that, it's no longer really open source. I realize that the build process for some things may be complex and perhaps poorly documented, but what good is source code that I can theoretically "see" but that I cannot build on my own if that is what I wish to do? If Open Indiana isn't about open source, what's it about? -- James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
