Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-28 Thread Laurent Bercot
On 28/05/2015 11:43, Didier Kryn wrote: porting to Musl was not finished yet - still problems with dynamic linking he says. I prefer Musl to uClibc for several reasons I'm using musl too. You can use the Aboriginal toolchains, even if they're uClibc-based, to compile musl, and then link stuff

Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-28 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 27/05/2015 17:51, Irrwahn a écrit : No intention to lessen your main point, but that last observation does not come as a surprise. Development systems inherently have an installation overhead compared to simple runtime environments, it's always been that way. However, it amazes me what heaps

Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-27 Thread Laurent Bercot
On 27/05/2015 17:46, Anto wrote: And I have been using OpenWRT for years This is exactly akin to using a distribution, even if you recompile it from source: it hides the real costs such as software dependencies, because it precisely does all the hard work for you. OpenWRT is a great project,

Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-27 Thread Laurent Bercot
On 27/05/2015 17:51, Irrwahn wrote: No intention to lessen your main point, but that last observation does not come as a surprise. Development systems inherently have an installation overhead compared to simple runtime environments, it's always been that way. Oh, definitely. My router doesn't

Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-27 Thread Irrwahn
Laurent Bercot wrote on 27.05.2015 17:15: > On 27/05/2015 16:49, Didier Kryn wrote: >> I am slowly trying to assemble a minimal Linux development >> environment and the number of tools you need to just compile a C >> program is unbelievable. Clearly, the majority of developpers don't >> care about

Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-27 Thread Anto
On 27/05/15 17:15, Laurent Bercot wrote: On 27/05/2015 16:49, Didier Kryn wrote: I am slowly trying to assemble a minimal Linux development environment and the number of tools you need to just compile a C program is unbelievable. Clearly, the majority of developpers don't care about simplicity

Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-27 Thread Laurent Bercot
On 27/05/2015 16:49, Didier Kryn wrote: I am slowly trying to assemble a minimal Linux development environment and the number of tools you need to just compile a C program is unbelievable. Clearly, the majority of developpers don't care about simplicity. Amen to that. I built my home router

Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-27 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 27/05/2015 15:32, Laurent Bercot a écrit : On a development machine, it is easy to always get the newest, shiniest tool, and quickly make a project work using that tool. But dependencies are a cost, a cost that is mostly hidden to developers, and also mostly hidden to users with a lot of hard

Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-27 Thread Laurent Bercot
On 24/05/2015 00:17, Steve Litt wrote: http://troubleshooters.com/linux/politics_of_dependencies.htm Well written, Steve. I liked the article. :) I would argue that arrogance isn't so much the problem as carelessness. It's actually a good idea to stand your ground against external pressure w

Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-27 Thread Irrwahn
Steve Litt wrote on 24.05.2015 00:17: > http://troubleshooters.com/linux/politics_of_dependencies.htm Thanks for the read. Now, if only we could burn the last paragraph of the article in the retinas of certain "developers". Cheers, Urban ___ Dng mailin

Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-26 Thread Ángel Ramírez Isea
Excellent article. Thanks for sharing it. Could I have permission to quote the part about arrogance? I want to print it and put it in the office, citing your authorship, of course. El 2015-05-23 18:17, Steve Litt escribió: Hi all, Updating a hoard of Troubleshooters.Com links, I came across

Re: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-23 Thread James Powell
ubject: [Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same Hi all, Updating a hoard of Troubleshooters.Com links, I came across an article I wrote in 2008, back when systemd was a twinkle in Harry Poettering's father's eye. And yet, the human and technology issues discussed in t

[Dng] The more things change, the more they remain the same

2015-05-23 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, Updating a hoard of Troubleshooters.Com links, I came across an article I wrote in 2008, back when systemd was a twinkle in Harry Poettering's father's eye. And yet, the human and technology issues discussed in this article are eerily like today's systemd situation. It's called "The Poli