Won't said newbie's be even more confused to find that drracket doesn't work? Or am I missing something here?
Robby On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Eli Barzilay <[email protected]> wrote: > Two minutes ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Eli Barzilay <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Two days ago, Matthew Flatt wrote: >> >> As of the latest in the git repo, when libffi is installed >> >> (including header files), then `configure' detects it and uses it, >> >> instead of building the copy of libffi that is included with the >> >> Racket sources. >> > >> > Does anyone see any problem with adding `--disable-libffi' to the >> > nightly build, to avoid making the distribution installers depend on >> > an installed libffi? >> >> I think the ubuntu build should use the system libffi, since I think >> it's installed by default on ubuntu systems. > > Shaving off a few kbs is insignificant compared to potential confusion > for newbies, so I really prefer the conservative option. > > -- > ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: > http://barzilay.org/ Maze is Life! > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev > _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev
