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RE: [hobbit] Future of Hobbit

Rich,

I "heard that."  And you probably know the "pain of porting." 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Smrcina [mailto:rsmrcina (at) wi.rr.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:32 AM
To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Future of Hobbit

No one is advocating eliminating the capability of being able to compile
from source, far from it.

We wish to, hopefully, add to the user base by including Hobbit in major
distributions like SLES, RHEL and others.

Hubbard, Greg L wrote:
> A lot of Hobbit users are using Linux-based packages.  Some of us use 
> "commercial" systems, so we have to compile from source.  I think 
> Hobbit would be hobbled if it were to become a Linux-oriented package,

> which could happen if it were to start depending on a lot of extras 
> that are not easy to port to other operating systems.  People use 
> Hobbit for all sorts of reasons, and in all sorts of environments.
> 
> GLH
> 

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