Hi Ryan, Alarig, > On 14/08/2019 19:06, Ryan Hamel wrote: > > I appreciate the effort and the intent behind this project, but why > > should the community contribute to an open source project on GitHub > > that is mainly powered by a closed source binary? > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 07:13:47PM +0200, Alarig Le Lay wrote: > You can build it yourself, see > https://github.com/nttgin/BGPalerter#more-information-for-developers > > I think that the binaries are here for thoses that don’t want to install > all the build-chain.
Indeed, the binary files in the github repository in the 'bin/' directory are merely provided as a convenience service so interested people don't need to compile the software themselves in order to run tests. This project is 100% open source. At some point in the future ready made binaries should move to a different place, for example perhaps we can distribute packages through the PPA mechanism for debian/ubuntu. It would be cool if we get to the point where one can install the software by simply issuing a command like "apt install bgpalerter". Help with packaging is most welcome! :-) Kind regards, Job
