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From: Robert Nicholson <robert@steffi.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: MiscKit.pkg
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Predrag S. Bundalo wrote:
>
> First let me congratulate everyone that's participated in the MiscKit project
> and made it such a smashing success.
>
> Now, someone (Don?) tell me why there isn't a MiscKit.pkg binary package
> out there for installations to /LocalDeveloper/. Seems like this is the
> "NEXTSTEP-way" of doing things--through the GUI instead of UNIX.
I think as programmers we can all deal with the command line :-)
I suppose
> it's possible to start up PB/IB as root with OpenSesame.app and do it
> the same way as we do it from the command line, but you still have
> to--in my opinion--needlessly recompile the code, which as we all know
> takes a not-insignificant amount of time. So what's the case for not
> having an installable package with just the binaries?
Two reasons, I think the source (alone) is a lot smaller. :-)
and it's helps people selectively build what they want and for which
architectures they want it built for.
>
> Of course, people who don't install it as root to /LocalDeveloper still
> have to compile the whole blasted thing from scratch so it won't help them
> any, but I think people with these needs are in the minority.
I know if I was making use of the MiscKit wether it was distributed in
binary form would totally insignificant to me. It's then just a
matter of patience.