Karl -
I think that is an excellent idea. RPM seems to be a pretty standard package, and debian users can use alien to convert to a .deb. I suspect that PD users are more likely to use non-intel processors than the "average" linux user, so binaries for Alpha and PPC are probably a good idea.
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Karl MacMillan wrote:
Well, from the response to this so far and from talking to my colleagues that are interested in PD but still haven't taken the plunge, it seems that nice integrated, ready to go binaries with all the goodies would be welcomed. Perhaps what is needed is someone to compile all this stuff for all the platforms into, to use the linux jargon, distributions. As I have access to linux and windows with compilers and should have access to an O2 soon (and have the time), I would be happy to do this if people are interested. This way the individual packages can continue to be mantained by their authors and released according to their own schedules, but end users can get everything they want. Let me know.
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