On 8/26/05, Richard Fillion <rick@centrix.ca> wrote:
Hi,
I've been following GNUstep for a while now (mostly from IRC as
'rhix')
but since I code for Cocoa I haven't had much use for GS. Now I'm
at work
and have a lot of downtime so I thought it'd be fun to install GS
at work
and do a bit of code.
As the subject line says... I use windows at work (not by choice,
I assure
you). Someone on IRC said there were "perfect instructions" to
installing
GS on windows on the gnustep wiki. I found them no problem, then
got to
this line:
Download gnustep using cvs
I don't know what else to say here except "You've gotta be f'ing
shitting
me". I'm a proficient coder, and know how to go and fetch stuff
off of
CVS, that's not the problem. I can technically do that step, but
the fact
of the matter is I shouldn't have to. I refuse to build software for
windows. Same (for the most part) for OS X. It's just not
something I
do. If someone wants me as a user, they'll provide me the
binaries so
that I can install it in a few minutes.
It all comes down to knowing your target. When in rome, do as the
romans.
Deb packages are created for debian, cause that's what debian
users want.
Which is why you can download binaries from the gnustep ftp in
/pub/gnustep/binaries/windows/
...
--
Nicolas Roard
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
magic."
-Arthur C. Clarke