Re: Get rid of the Linux binary?

[Mo DeJong <mdejong at cygnus dot com>]

On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Richard F Weber wrote:

> Well, I would think do one of several things
> 
> 1) Offer binary .rpm's for RH6.x & RH7.x, as well as source .rpm's for 
> other platforms.  Would take care of dependencies, and allow users on 
> say Mandrake to download and install
> 2) Also offer .deb files, but it's a format you have to support that you 
> may not want to.  But it's better for the karma.
> 3)

We are working on that, but it can't be done properly without
the Tcl/Tk 8.3 upgrade.

> Also, is SourceNav going to be offered on the PowerTools CD for RH7.1?  
> I'd even like to see it on the main distribution, but I don't know what 
> determines whether something is on the main distribution or not.

There is a rumor that Source-Navigator is going to go out
via the Red Hat Network update feature some time after
the 7.1 release.
 
> SourceNav is a really nice tool so far, and sticking it with the RH 
> distribution is a nice way to increase it's exposure, plus convince 
> companies to use.  "Look, we should use SourceNav as our IDE because it 
> comes free with the OS".  Sorry about meandering a little off topic.

Well, that is the plan.

Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc