On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Stefan Teleman wrote: > I am not the best example to follow when it comes to upgrading the OS. > In fact, i try not to upgrade as much as that is possible, which is why > i'm still on U3 and U4.
And that's ok with me, just that I prefer everything works on the latest builds, to be safe. > SXDE has many newer features and packages which aren't in U3 or even U4. > So, it's a better environment. The drawback of SXDE is that it comes > with a Studio 12 tarball which is not necessarily up to date -- it does > not contain the latest Studio 12 patches. And given that Studio 12 is > undergoing a very rapid progress, being able to patch the compiler is > very important IMHO. This is true, but the compiler folks are in a position to add those fixes and/or keep it up to date in future releases of SXDE. > KDE4 no longer uses the auto*tools/libtool for building, it uses CMake > [http://www.cmake.org/]. But most of KDE's dependencies use the > auto*tools/libtool for building. I wonder who we can thank for this? I mean it in a good way, the gnutools are always like pulling one's hair out. -- Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 IHV/OEM Group
