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On 2016-09-11 14:19, Martin Gysel wrote: |
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>> +1. Any package whose upstream says "don't build this yourself" is |
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>> hostile to open source principles. |
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> just to make it clear, upstream never said such thing nor are they in |
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> any way hostile to open source principles (I suppose you wouldn't state |
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> that if you know subsurface's developers). |
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They have, however, used the term "deprecated" to describe |
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distribution-maintained packages. It's right there on the download page. |
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And yes, I know (and so do at least several other devs) that one of the |
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major contributors to Subsurface is one Linus Torvalds. |
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