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[Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Never happens on Linux, and isn't (forced) to be happening here.
>
> Windows is not linux, it has its constraints (and advantages) that
> force developers to actually do the builds as well. Whether these
> binaries will be packaged or distributed by them or 3rd party (some
> CoApp structure for example) is an open question at this stage.

Why can't building be done by a third party?

> However, I'm trying to get a clear idea about the goals of CoApp from
> a packaging and distribution point of view. That alone will need a
> huge amount of discussions, tests, compromises, etc. before it gets
> adopted by the projects (read: > 1 year). Everything else is rather a
> low priority to my eyes, especially the developer things like build
> tools, configuration helpers or unix/bsd layers, where solutions exist
> already. My worry is to see CoApp focuses too much on the latter
> rather than on the packages/distros part.

Olaf