2008/11/19 Robert Greig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/11/19 Robert Godfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I meant to post on this topic previously. I think it would be >> tremendously helpful if the M4 release included Windows binaries - >> especially since people in the windows end-user community are >> generally (I think) more used to working with pre-built binaries than >> performing builds themselves. > > Yes, it was Windows I was particularly keen to ensure we included. > >> I am less convinced on the need to >> provide linux binaries, although if people are willing to produce them >> that would be fantastic. > > I suppose it depends how easy it is to build. If people have to mess > about downloading stuff that isn't generally part of a standard distro > then it would be better I think to provide a binary. I haven't built > it for a while on linux so I'll leave it to others to judge whether > that is a concern now (I know it certainly used to be!). NB standard > distro here means widely used versions, not fedora core 350 pre-alpha. > > RG
As I understood the Apache release process we vote on the source release then the community can build and distribute binaries as it sees fit. I can't locate the wiki page at the moment but I'm sure I read that somewhere. Regards -- Martin Ritchie
