Mike Hearn mike@navi.cx writes:
Is there a reason that can't be dlopened too? relaytool makes it much less hassle to write dlopened code.
libicu can't be dlopened thanks to their idiotic versioning scheme.
f) They want to try a patch that someone sent them.
How often does that occur, really? I bet about 1% of our users actually do this.
Given the size of our user base even 1% is a lot of people...
Yes, I agree that both routes should be as easy as possible :) I just think we should start telling users who are building from source for no real reason to use binaries instead.
Why? Why would you need a real reason to build from source? Of course if they have trouble doing that, we may suggest using binaries instead, but I don't see why using binaries has to be some sort of official policy. On the contrary, I think we should encourage as many people as possible to build the source, that's the best way to find compilation problems on strange setups.