Re: [tlug] Debian rant

[Jawaad Mahmood <jawaad.mahmood@example.com>]

I clearly misunderstood and apologize for any confusion I caused.

If you don't mind me asking, Is it the packaging that causes issues or one-off compiling issues?

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On 2010/09/18, at 11:54, Shawn Brown <big.coffee.lover@example.com> wrote:

>> Without the tool chain, it makes no sense to make the code open.  After all, no one will be able to build / modify / hack the code.
> It's a gcc arm toolchain, and the build script is of course available.
> 
>> If you guys don't see the point of having a free software distribution like Debian, why not use a different distribution ?
> 
> We support linux, windows and osx.  They all use the same binary
> firmware that gets loaded onto another device.
> 
> 
>> I'm certainly not going to be hacking USB device firmware any time soon,
> but there's almost certainly somebody around who does want to.
> 
> The source is available and the toolchain is available.
> 
> My question is why does everyone have to build the firmware just
> because some people *may* want to.  In reality it makes maintenance of
> a small project more difficult.
> 
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