Re: MJR on Linux/OSS

[Devdas Bhagat <devdas () dvb homelinux org>]

On 12/03/05 12:42 -0500, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:
<snip>
> Nope. My argument is that it's becoming frighteningly
> difficult to build code that you can reliably install and run
> across Linux distros, let alone Linux/BSD distros. The
> difficulty in building products (not user interfaces) that
> can reliably install cleanly makes it difficult for a vendor

I misinterpreted this point. I guess I should apologise to MJR for the
flame.

Vendors have three options: 
1> Specify libraries with the necessary build flags.
2> Release a statically linked binary.
3> Put the source out and let the interested people from the community
figure out the packaging issues.

Devdas Bhagat
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