On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:36:52 -0500 Mike A. Harris asked:
How many people actually download the SRPMS disk images?
How many people actually really use them for anything?
I download the SRPMS for RHEL, and for non-test releases of Fedora Core. I frequently modify and rebuild (on both x86 and x86_64): kernel (perfctr extension) glibc (find and fix the bugs) and sometimes gcc (dwarf2 unwind) wvdial,minicom,etc. (dialup seems to be a forgotten stepchild, but it's still required)
I also burn a DVD of the SRPMS, and keep it as a defense against possible future license changes which might restrict my activities with respect to then-readily-available sources.
John Reiser wrote:
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:36:52 -0500 Mike A. Harris asked:
How many people actually download the SRPMS disk images?
How many people actually really use them for anything?
I download the SRPMS for RHEL, and for non-test releases of Fedora Core. I frequently modify and rebuild (on both x86 and x86_64): kernel (perfctr extension) glibc (find and fix the bugs) and sometimes gcc (dwarf2 unwind) wvdial,minicom,etc. (dialup seems to be a forgotten stepchild, but it's still required)
I also burn a DVD of the SRPMS, and keep it as a defense against possible future license changes which might restrict my activities with respect to then-readily-available sources.
You downloaded the SRPM CDROM/DVD image and burned it, or you downloaded the SRPMS directory from the ftp site?