On Monday 06 August 2007, Craig Ringer wrote: > > There should be no need to build Scribus from source. You can if > you like, but it's probably nicer to use packages to do the job. > One of the strengths of Linux is the ablility to go forward and backward thorugh versions of a package by downloading tarballs and copiling them. Packaging systems just get in the way, as the instant case clearly illustrates.
I use Slackware and often the packages in the latest Slack distribution are behind the latest stable release. Using a source tarball or its equivalent to upgrade is my usual practice, whether it is Scribus (not included in Slackware BTW) TeX (I use the annual TeXLive distro) Inkscape or whatever. I would not want to be limited to what happened to be available in a Linux packaging system, Slackware's or anyone else's. -- John Culleton ATTN Publishers/authors: If you don't read you don't succeed. Free short list of publishing/marketing books. http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf
