Re: A GNU Distribution

[Daniel Martin]

That's the sort of thing _I_ imagine. (I'm not sure they need to be
combined in one download as rms mentioned.) I'd like to be able to
_easily_ install source code in a predictable location, modify the code,
recompile and install the new package.

(This is probably possible to some extent on existing GNU/Linux distros,
but I don't think it is easy and certainly not an intended and expected
use of the package management system.)

However, rms was enquiring about Jason Self's post not mine. ;-)


dacm.

On Sun, 2012-04-01 at 10:22 +0200, Claudio Fontana wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 5:07 AM, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
> >    It needn't be hard. Indeed, I'm sure that the installer/package 
> > manager/whatever
> >    could be made to handle dependencies. Source-based doesn't *have* to mean
> >    manually compiling everything yourself.
> >
> > I won't say that can be so, but I don't understand it concretely.
> > What would "source-based" mean, here, if it doesn't mean
> > "You compile everything yourself"?
> >
> 
> As I understand it, the packages would contain both the binaries
> (already built, no need for the user to compile anything herself) and
> the _corresponding_ source code. Not just making the source available
> somehow, somewhere, or through the explicit configuration and download
> of separate packages, but making it an integral part of the system.
> 
> Is that what you meant Daniel?
> 
> Ciao,
> 
> Claudio
>