On Tuesday 19 May 2009 03:07, KhurramM wrote: > gambas-3.1.2-install.bin or gambas-3.1.2-install.sh > for every new release (stable or unstable), for all linuxes. > 2> Faster bug fixing (as every one uses it).
I certainly wouldn't. If I can't install something using apt-get, I build my own package rather than using some binary installer. > 5> Be independent of compiling and dependency seeking. You realize that for Gambas to include all its dependencies in the installer - Gtk, KDE, mysql, all the other libraries, statically linked so they'll run on any version of Linux - would make the Gambas installer fill a CD and maybe more, right? > 8> Easy testing of a unstable release. When it comes to unstable development versions of programs, I think putting the "make barrier" in place is useful because it prevents less technical users from testing software that isn't safe for them to use yet. If you have trouble compiling things, you're also going to have trouble running a debugger to post a stack trace after a crash. > 3> More documentation to configure and use. > 10> More helps available. How will putting Gambas into a monolithic installer create more documentation and help? > Just as sun offers jdk and jre releases fro linuxes. Sun offers their jdk and jre installers because they used to be proprietary software and most distributions wouldn't package them. That has changed, at least partly, but their culture is already in place. Also, Java has very few dependencies, because it reinvents the wheel for the most part rather than using existing toolkits and libraries the way Gambas does. > Currently I am on hardy, and I dont find it comfortable to compile. There is an installer system called Klik that would provide what you're describing, a single file that includes all dependencies, and years ago someone packaged Gambas 1.x for Klik. But I don't know if anyone updates it any more and even so, if you're running a KDE 3 system and try to install a version of Gambas that includes an entire copy of KDE 4, for example, I think it's not going to work too well. It's a moot point, since even when they kept Klik up to date, they only included stable versions of programs, not development ones. Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user