Re: I broke git again

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Johannes Schindelin escreveu:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> 
>> I wish git developers developed a user-space clue and started using 
>> getopt.
> 
> Well, Git developers try to avoid third-party dependencies.
> 
> And given the effort I had to put into getting LilyPond compiling on my 
> iBook with macosx 10.2.8, I appreciate that effort. Nowadays, I only 
> compile LilyPond on a really, _really_ recent Linux setup, and even then, 
> I have to compile & install a couple of third-party components myself.

I can appreciate that, it's why we have gub builds, although I agree that 
osx 10.2 isn't supported by them

(we could try supporting it, though - if the SDK is available in neatly packaged
form).

Our major problem with people who self-compile is that

 - they usually don't manage (unless they have a really recent setup)
 - they don't fix all of the dependencies (older GSes being notable for having
several bugs)
 


As for getopt,

ftp://ftp.uk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/lioux/libgnugetopt-1.3.tar.bz2

has a GNU getopt package which could be put into git, integrated.

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