On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 21:04 +0000, Kalbfleisch, Gary wrote: > I like to stick with packages when possible because it makes > maintenance much easier.
As do I. There are times, however, when mission-critical packages in a distribution are outdated, or absent, or broken and building from source is the only option. IMHO, having the knowledge and the tools on one's system to do builds from the upstream source is an important system administration skill. I always seem to have one or two packages on any box that end up being built from source. Mailman is one of them, because I have a number of patches for it that I've developed, and because building and installing it from source is very easy. Juggling packages vs. upstream source is something you get used to. All package management system that I know of have ways of freezing packages at a certain level or version so that your custom builds don't get crosswise of package management. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Real programmers use butterflies" FMP Computer Services | 512-259-1190 | - xkcd http://www.fmp.com | ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org