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Re: Binary distribution
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Julien Salort |
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Re: Binary distribution |
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Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:10:11 +0200 |
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Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso <address@hidden> writes:
> No, GNU-based distributions are often competent enough to do their own
> packaging and in fact prefer it this way. Windows and Macintosh OS
> users prefer to go digging through webpages and clicking on download
> links on individual project pages to get their software. Many other
> free projects distribute binaries just this way, treating Windows and
> Macintosh differently.
You can do basically the same thing on the Mac using either Fink (which
uses Debian-style packages and dependance tree) or MacPorts (with
BSD-style packages).
Personnally, I find those much more convenient than individual bundles,
mostly because I use a lot of opensource softwares. However, some users
find it weird to be requested to build and install hundreds of packages
when they only want one single program...
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