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

[Tom Davies <tomdavies04 yahoo co uk>]

Hi :)

Why was it good when someone else compiled it for you?  Was the compiled one easier to install? 

This thread keeps going round in circles.  2 frequent assertions are that

 *  All users find it easy to compile because it's so easy

 *  No users can compile because it's tricky

We have seen people go on about this or that libraries and potential problems.  Several different sets of instructions with apparent disagreement about which might or might not work, how to mitigate or prepare against problems. 

Other projects just give 2 or 3 pre-compiled downloads on their sites.  I take it that this project doesn't have the skill-set to provide such a thing?  Is that why people are getting so defensive about Evolution's inability to provide what every other project seems to be able to provide?  If you folks just don't have the skills needed then how about we just tackle that first and get someone else to do it for you? 

Regards from
Tom :) 

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From: Bart <montana_evolution_user hardinmt us>
To: evolution-list gnome org
Sent: Monday, 26 August 2013, 22:10
Subject: Re: [Evolution] Idealism face plants against asphalt [Was: downloads page]

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someone on the
openSUSE forum jumped right in, compiled it for me and provided the
binary within hours of asking.


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