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On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Monday 30 April 2012 12:00:59 Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> doing it wrong. I don't like how Google develops Android in the dark, |
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>> or that they bundle 1GB of third-party stuff in their Chromium source |
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>> and distribute a favored binary-only derivative. |
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> err, they distribute a Chromium source tarball, and their build system |
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> includes flags to use the system versions of those bundled libs if you so |
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> choose. i think this is a perfectly fine compromise. |
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Must be a fairly new compromise - but glad to hear that they've come |
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along a bit. |
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Maybe their future Google Earth install package for Linux won't bundle wine. :) |
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In any case, I think this really just gets to my point - people who |
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develop FOSS aren't doing it with the express goal of making your life |
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difficult - they just don't always have the same itches. If you help |
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them out or ask NICELY sometimes they'll even help scratch yours. |
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Rich |
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