* jfweber@bellsouth.net (jfweber@bellsouth.net) [021221 14:29]:
->** Reply to message from James Ogley on 21 Dec
->2002 22:01:36 +0000
->
->> > This effort is appreciated but there is not need for an rpm. Phoenix
->> > presents a complete binary. etc etc...
->>
->> Did it occur to you that some people don't even want that hassle?
->
->some??? Try most!! esp for something that I'm not even certain I will use
->once it's complied correctly , if that ever happens.... And there are
->situations , where the best will in hte world can not make a correct
->compile... <heavy sigh>
Yes, I agree that some software is hard to compile..but the original
poster was talking about a tar.gz file of "precompiled" binary's. One
would just uncompress them in the directory that one wants them
installed. No compiling is needed. :)
But I agree...in 8-10 cases pkgs are most like better then tarballs
because your average Joe/Jane User can get themselves so flustered that
even the simple tasks become huge problems.
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