On Tuesday 21 January 2014 08:15:53 John Rigg did opine: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:40:23PM +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 05:55:04AM +0000, Filipe Coelho wrote: > > > I think we should stop assuming releasing source code is enough. > > > > Enough for what ? Users who don't want to install from source > > want packages made for the package manager of their distro, > > which will take care of dependencies etc. You can't expcect a > > developer to provide such packages for each and every distro. > > I don't even provide them for the distro I use myself. > > I'm inclined to agree with Fons here. There seems to be a growing > culture of expecting Windows-style hand-holding for free software. In > the Windows (and Mac) world you pay money for this. I think it's > unreasonable to expect the same level of support from unpaid > developers. (If they have the time to do it that's great, but it > shouldn't be taken for granted). > > John
+1 John. Which is why, as I age, I try to always say thank you when I come hat in hand asking for help. At 79 & still counting, I find myself doing more and more of that. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> Required reading: <http://culturalslagheap.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/elemental/> Lady Nancy Astor: "Winston, if you were my husband, I'd put poison in your coffee." Winston Churchill: "Nancy, if you were my wife, I'd drink it." A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
