Re: [Evolution] Idealism face plants against asphalt [Was: downloads page]

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Mon, 2013-08-26 at 20:15 +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> If "users will never compile anything" then why are we expected to do
> so?  

They are not; nobody said they were.

> You say that Evo is available from the downloads page. 

I did not say any such thing.  And it would depend upon your definition
of "Evo" and your definition of "available".

> However, the only versions available from there need to be compiled in
> order to be used. 

Correct, because DISTRIBUTIONS distribute FLOSS software.

That is CRYSTAL &@Y&@ )@(@* * CLEAR.  And understood by everybody
running a FLOSS OS/environment.  It is called a "DISTRIBUTION", for pete
sakes.

> If users are unable to compile anything then the downloads page has
> nothing that can be used by users.  

Yep.

> So how are users expected to get the latest versions of Evo?  Just
> wait until whichever distro i use happens to upgrade?  

Yes.  And the overall distribution does not need to, you just subscribe
to a repository for that distribution which does.  Standard practice.

I'm on openSUSE, it is just a couple of clicks and I'm subscribe to the
GNOME latest repo.  Done.

> You tell me to write to a 3rd party but then fail to give me an
> address of someone that will respond to my request. 

You do not know what distribution you are using?  Since they DISTRIBUTED
the software to you...

> It makes no sense to have to write to a 3rd party in order to get your
> software.

Okay, then stop using FLOSS.  Because that is how it work 99.44% of the
time.  Some projects may choose to package on their own, and then they
very frequently distribute packages that do not work correctly.  

> What is the downloads page for?

Don't know.

> It is obviously not for users to download Evolution for themselves to
> use so who is it for?

Developers possibly, although they will almost certainly subscribe to a
code repository.  So maybe it doesn't really have a purpose; but then
nobody uses it.  Move on.


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