On 02/17/14 20:27, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote: > On 17/02/2014 13:08, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote: >> 17.02.2014 17:01, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote: >>> - The data file is common for win32 and win64. If we include the binary >>> files in our source repository (and I think we should) it's less megabytes. >>> >>> Do you agree with above? >> I disagree with including these files into the repository. >> >> BTW: Other projects which depend on external packages (such as GTK, for >> example) used >> to provide two packages: with and without external packages included. This >> way those who >> know what they have installed can save traffic. >> > I estimate a very few number of files summing around 15 MB. > > This is much less than current ICU 3 sources, with thousand files > summing 50 MB and nobody died yet. > > What is the problem with you? >
The problem for me is not bytes. I dislike a whole approach called 'Everything needed for windows build should be present in single repository'. I think that building firebird anyway requires at lease minimum qualification (without it - why build at all? use prebuilt binaries please.) which should be enough to obtain from the net required additional packages. I can agree when some not ideally supported software (like editline or btyacc) is added to the repository. But adding to it a library (does not matter, sources or binaries) well supported by big company is a logical nonsense on my mind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121054471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
