Re: The use of source cds.

2001-05-31 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 09:02:38PM -0600, Simmons-Davis wrote: > Dear Debian Group, > > I would like to know exactly what purpose the source cds serve and who would > need to use them. I will only be using Debian for things like word > processing, email, the internet, etcetera and wouldn't be doin

Re: The use of source cds.

2001-05-31 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >How about using the source cd's to roll your very own binary? Seems like that >would be something useful for folks who love power computin'. Try out pentium-builder, which makes this easier. It's somewhat more hassle if you're tracking unstable, though (and not clear tha

Re: The use of source cds.

2001-05-31 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
How about using the source cd's to roll your very own binary? Seems like that would be something useful for folks who love power computin'. On Thursday 31 May 2001 04:10, Colin Watson wrote: > Oh, I should point out that the other half of why we distribute source > code is because the licenses o

Re: The use of source cds.

2001-05-31 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) wrote: >"Simmons-Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I would like to know exactly what purpose the source cds serve and who would >>need to use them. I will only be using Debian for things like word >>processing, email, the internet, etcetera and wouldn't be doing a

Re: The use of source cds.

2001-05-31 Thread Colin Watson
"Simmons-Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I would like to know exactly what purpose the source cds serve and who would >need to use them. I will only be using Debian for things like word >processing, email, the internet, etcetera and wouldn't be doing any >development or performing any major alte

Re: The use of source cds.

2001-05-30 Thread Leonard Leblanc
> Dear Debian Group, > > I would like to know exactly what purpose the source cds serve and who would > need to use them. I will only be using Debian for things like word > processing, email, the internet, etcetera and wouldn't be doing any > development or performing any major alterations to the d