On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 12:26:29PM +1000, vellum wrote:
This works really well. However I have a question which is probably so naive that I'll get shot down for even asking it. On the a la carte page there is an "Inkscape.exe" file at 7.2M and an "Inkscape_stripped.exe" file at 3.2M. I am using the stripped version at present but have used the other version as well. Both appear to work perfectly but the stripped version saves a heap of download time.
What is the difference between them? and are there times when one or the other should be used? If the stripped file can be used all the time then is the other file needed? And should the BEIF refer to the stripped version rather than the unstripped one?
When the binaries are built, the compiler includes all the source symbols so that locations in the binary can be mapped to lines in the source. This is useful for runtime debugging, crash tracing, etc. So if you're not doing those things, go ahead and use the "stripped-of-symbols" binary. :)
I suspect the BEIF is both of them; same binary code, one just lacks the "symbols".