æon Sep 17, 2022
software is too hard to compile
Show threadæon Sep 17, 2022
this is bad for the ecosystem of software and also culture as a whole
Show threadæon Sep 17, 2022
this might sound like a weird claim if you've a) never tried to pull a large software project off a website and build it from scratch, or b) do that all the time. but
Show threadæon Sep 17, 2022
it's a problem because it kind of undermines the concept of open source in a pretty basic way. for a lot of software, grabbing the thing and making it do what you want involves an indefinite amount of overcomplicated bullshit as you try to install the right versions of a bunch of dependencies you've never heard of and decipher output from an idiosyncratic build system. you can't just get in there and experiment
Show threadBen S.
@aeonofdiscord this has become a big sore spot for me as well. I shouldn't have to manually download/build libraries/dependencies to be able to then build your stuff. If you have dependencies then they need to be easily installable via a non-obscure package manager, or pulled in as git submodules, or something else that doesn't have a learning curve.
Sep 18, 2022 at 12:47amWeb