From: goer@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) Subject: Re: Why so many binary distributions (was Re: Nethack 3.1 is out! Who will port it?) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1993 20:04:24 GMT
jstump@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (John E. Stump) writes:
>Some people:
> (1) don't have the disk space
> (2) don't have time for compiling
> (3) don't have confidence in their own programming skills
> (4) are just users who are intimidated by make et al
One last time: Using a makefile, applying diffs, etc. aren't exactly
the stuff of gods and wizards. I've never taken a computer science
class in my life (sat in on part of one once), and as everyone here
will no doubt attest am no genius. I'm in Near Eastern Languages, for
heaven's sake. Is learning how a makefile works rocket science? Is
using a C compiler like reading hieroglyphs? Clearly not. And it's
getting a bit tiresome reading posting after posting from whining new-
comers who don't want to bother with a few README files, diffs, and
makes. Remember, Linus is a multitasking OS, so while you compile you
can do something else.
---Richard L. Goerwitz goer%midway@uchicago.bitnet goer@midway.uchicago.edu rutgers!oddjob!ellis!goer