it takes about 5 mins on a debian based system (and i would assume rpm as well) to download the necessary dependencies and compile from the source tarball. This is programming 101. I posted the instructions for ubuntu/mint before but will post again if needed. Most of the distro binaries were old versions anyway - this gives you the latest version. On Jan 4, 2012 3:21 PM, "Matthew Woodward" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Jason Sachs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I > > understand Apache has a habit of releasing source code rather than > > binaries, but there is immense value in a prepackaged binary and > > immense loss of value in not having a reliable source for them. > > > > Completely agree--I'm a full-time Linux user (Ubuntu variants mostly) and > while I know nothing about making Debian packages I'm motivated enough to > figure it out and maintain a Debian package if there winds up being a void > here. > > -- > Matthew Woodward > [email protected] > http://blog.mattwoodward.com > identi.ca / Twitter: @mpwoodward > > Please do not send me proprietary file formats such as Word, PowerPoint, > etc. as attachments. > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >
