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On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 08:23 -0900, Jim Dory wrote:
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Point is that I don't see how the developers of Digikam can be held
responsible for the lousy package systems of all distributions.
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Oops. Sorry if somehow that is what I had implied. On the contrary, I applaud dK's developers for their great work. Specifically, for me and those in my situation, it's the Ubuntu packagers who are making things difficult.<BR>
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I've
also built from SVN using the very thorough cook-book-like
instructions given by Gilles or a partner on the website when I needed
functionality of that latest development release. I can see that a
newb could have trouble there though.
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Well, that's just the point: It is indeed something that presents us with trouble. Hence the requirement for a hamster-readable cook-book ;-)<BR>
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Hevï Guy <<A HREF="mailto:heviiguy@gmail.com">heviiguy@gmail.com</A>> wrote:
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> This is the crux: Many of us are mere photographers rather than programming
> experts. I'm sure that I speak for most people in my situation when I say
> that I am very appreciative of the effort that's put into developing this
> great program. However, we're also very frustrated that in order to use it,
> we have to compile not only the core program but also its dependencies.
> Granted, there are instructions available on the DigiKam site but, they are
> somewhat disjointed and incomplete. They take for granted that the
> non-coders will know what is missing and are thus able to fill-in the
> blanks.
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> I'm not asking to be given something that we can install by the click of one
> button (although it would be nice!). All I'm asking for is that if we have
> to compile a bunch of stuff, a road map (a detailed road map) is provided.
> If anybody is willing to do this, pretend that you're writing it for a two
> year-old child. Then the instructions should be easy enough for us to
> follow. No wait: I'm sure that any two year-old living with a serious coder
> would be more capable than me. A better idea would be to write the
> instructions as if your hamster is to read it.
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