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Hi again,<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 05:04:48PM -0200, Christian s. Ferreira wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi List,
Just a simple question: Why the GRASS release candidates
(in this case: GRASS 5.0.3) are not distributed like binaries.
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That's a good question. I would appreciate if there were binaries.
The main problems is that I cannot do that alone. Only if more people
jump in and prepare such binaries we can provide them.
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Where do I become a candidate or get involved with that? But <br>
I must say that I just use Linux on Intel PC's.<br>
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<pre wrap=""> In my opinion binaries would be more easy for newbies to test/install
and return bugs.
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Definitely.
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<pre wrap=""> I already compiled GRASS, but this may exclude many people that
could help testing the release candidates (and maybe the unstable versions).
Please, I don't wanna make anybody angry, it's just my opinion.
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It's a valid point. We simply need more people for
- updating the web pages
- creating binary packages for various platforms (tar.gz)
- create RPMs and debian packages
- perform testing
- help in polishing the code in 5.3/5.7
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Well, I'm not a programmer, and not a web designer either, so I can<br>
help creating binaries, build RPM packages (now I use Red Hat 9.0), and<br>
of course testing, in my spare time.<br>
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<pre wrap=""><a href="http://grass.itc.it/help-wanted.html"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://grass.itc.it/help-wanted.html</a>
(also this page could be more exciting!)
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There is a lot of things in that list. How do I start there?<br>
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<pre wrap="">Best regards
Markus Neteler
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Cheers<br>
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