Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:07:58 -0700 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I Can Has Packages? Message-ID: <86k3wuw99t.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <20120819232754.641a7eb2.freebsd@edvax.de> (Polytropon's message of "Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:27:54 %2B0200") References: <mstfdvylnhedwhomycce@vqhb> <20120819213854.50408ec7.freebsd@edvax.de> <lvdsbvuwmpbmllonsvhr@dwkb> <20120819232754.641a7eb2.freebsd@edvax.de>
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>>>>> "Polytropon" == Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes: Polytropon> I just assume providing packages for every imaginable Polytropon> combination requires lots of resources. As an example Polytropon> take OpenOffice: Every language variant, then integration Polytropon> with KDE, Gnome, or none of them, and printing support Polytropon> (I think). That would be many hours of compiling, and Polytropon> lots of storage space needed (note: current _and_ older Polytropon> packages are needed, plus supported architectures). Indeed. Which is why I gave up on packages long ago. Learn. To. Compile. Embrace your local cc. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion
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