I Can Has Packages?

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Polytropon" == Polytropon  <freebsd at edvax.de> writes:


Polytropon> I just assume providing packages for every imaginable
Polytropon> combination requires lots of resources. As an example
Polytropon> take OpenOffice: Every language variant, then integration
Polytropon> with KDE, Gnome, or none of them, and printing support
Polytropon> (I think). That would be many hours of compiling, and
Polytropon> lots of storage space needed (note: current _and_ older
Polytropon> packages are needed, plus supported architectures).

Indeed.

Which is why I gave up on packages long ago.

Learn. To. Compile.

Embrace your local cc. :)

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