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List:       aspell-user
Subject:    Re: [Aspell-user] Suggestion
From:       Brian Nelson <nelson () bignachos ! com>
Date:       2004-10-14 1:39:52
Message-ID: 20041014013952.GD2716 () bignachos ! com
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On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 11:30:35AM +1000, Hunter Beanland wrote:
> 
> After seeing countless number of issues in this support list every day
> which are related to compilation issues, I need to make this suggestion
> to you Kevin. I realise this project is still pre-1.0 status, but
> accessibility to your product is hampering take up. More take up, the
> more feedback, more interest and more funding you would possibly get.
> 
> I suggest that you or someone else manages a binaries or ports page
> where, people can send back your latest stable code in a binary form and
> get it hosted for others to download. Many of the support questions are
> about people trying to compile under Windows or RedHat. Even if the
> latest builds of those are posted (with some other major *NIX versions),
> it would certainly cut support questions by 25%. The only port on the
> site now (Windows) is 2 years old, so it is not much use to anyone.

Then get cygwin/Redhat/whatever to distribute binaries.  I fail to see
how this is at all a problem to the Aspell maintainer.

-- 
Blast you and your estrogenical treachery!



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