Re: [ANN] Microlight 1.1
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- Subject: Re: [ANN] Microlight 1.1
- From: Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>
- Date: 2012年12月28日 10:40:57 +0100
On 27/12/2012 20:00, Michal Kottman wrote:
The downloads are not gone, they are just hidden/changed. While you cannot upload custom
files, you can download the source code as a ZIP/tar.gz when you tag it using a version.
The downloads are available here: https://github.com/stevedonovan/Microlight/tags
The download are gone if you want to provide an already built solution. We can now only
retrieve the source code. While it is logical for a source code repository, it is
impractical for those wanting to provide open source utilities for the general public, not
willing to learn to compile a project just to get a password manager...
And, well, (to keep on topic), the success of the LuaBinaries project shows it is just
convenient to quickly grab a binary for your platform rather than getting the sources,
finding the right project description or settings, downloading a compiler, perhaps a
project builder (make, CMake, etc.), and so on.
I prefer to get an IUP binary rather than using their special (perhaps awesome!) build
process. Yes, that's a kind of laziness for us programmers. Although at one time, I tried
to get Buildr (a project builder made in Ruby) with JRuby on Windows and just failed to
get the dependencies right...
I guess that the trend to have projects on multiple public repositories (often Google Code
+ GitHub) will grow as long as other repositories offer such download option.
--
Philippe Lhoste
-- (near) Paris -- France
-- http://Phi.Lho.free.fr
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