On Monday 09 April 2007 22:56, Bill Baxter wrote:
On 4/10/07, Aaron Spike <aaron@...476...> wrote:
Bill Baxter wrote:
Looking now, I see git is available precompiled from Cygwin at last, but I still get an uneasy feeling about relying on a tool that is so unapologetically Linux-centric as the backbone for a cross-platform app like Inkscape. Platform-specific issues like line-end translation do exist, and I would be surprised if Git devs proved to be very receptive about dealing with such issues since they can't even be bothered to make link for a Mac or Windows client on their web Page.
As a Linux user I vote for traditional ./configure, make and make install just like most other Linux apps use. I have no opinion on how the program should be packaged for Windows users.
I generally stick to released versions rather than overnight development products. But if I were tempted in that direction, again the traditional cvs system is familar to most and would be the least troublesome method of presentation.
Variations from the normal as described above cause me nothing but grief. Early in my computing career I was urged to "Keep it simple, stupid (KISS)." I pass this plea on to the developers. Burdening the end user with downloading/compiling/learning the latest bleeding edge installation package is a major hindrance and can discourage use unnecessarily.
Just my 2c.