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Solaris Binary Installation Report/Gripe
From: |
glen e. p. ropella |
Subject: |
Solaris Binary Installation Report/Gripe |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:10:48 -0600 |
I'll defer to Doug for the explanation of why we're using a
big object file as opposed to a randomized archive. And
we have absolutely no excuse for not having a better README.
But, I do want to address some stuff.
Barry McMullin writes:
> in the "standard" places. I knew this *was* a standard
> problem, so I checked the FAQ but couldn't find
> anything there; tried search on the Swarm site for
Well, I apologize for the web-site not pointing to the
latest FAQ. But, it has been mentioned in the Pheromone
and on the Swarm-Support list that Paul Johnson has stepped
up to redo the FAQ. The latest version is on his site:
http://lark.cc.ukans.edu/~pauljohn/linux/FAQ.html
This will soon be remedied. I am going to completely upgrade
the docs and the web pages for this upcoming release (1.0.3,
which will be ready any minute now [grin]).
> conflict). So I suggest this issue should be added to
> the FAQ, and the README (at least in the binary
> distributions).
Yes, you're right. And they will be.
> o Why are there no 1.0.2 binaries?
Mainly because I've been too lazy to build them. Actually,
I've been badgered by several people about this. The
primary reason I haven't done it yet is because I was
hoping to get SGI and DEC Alpha binaries. When I got those,
I was going to update the entire collection. I never got
those, and so the entire process broke down. [sigh] And
I understand that that's not sufficient excuse. There
will be 1.0.3 binaries.
> Having said that, I want to end by saying that I still
> very much support the idea of binary distributions, and
> they really can make swarm significantly more
> accessible.
Agreed!
glen
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