From: mdw@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) Subject: Binary Distributions Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1993 20:09:05 GMT
In article <4642.1189.uupcb@satalink.com> john.will@satalink.com (John Will) writes:
>Seriously, you keep ignoring probably the
>most important point, MOST FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE DISK SPACE TO COMPILE
>SOME OF THE LARGER PACKAGES. Why is that so difficult to understand?
>Sure, I'd love to have all the source for everything around, but it's
>just not practical!
Sorry, bub. That's the hard rap in the world of UNIX. We can't provide
binaries for everything, not even the kernel.
mdw
-- Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu "What are you doing, Dave?"