Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Installing gpsbabel on Intel Edison

[SRE <ste...@cl...>]

At 09:43 AM 7/17/17, Allen Edwards wrote:
>I am almost done with the C code of my translator and yes, it is not difficult.

Note to developers: Qt brought some benefits, but the cost (binary
size and install-to-buildbuild complexity) is too high for many.

Perhaps a build procedure listing all the steps from a basic OS
install to building GPSBabel would "illuminate" whether there are
too many dependencies for the average programmer-level hack, or
whether this sort of complaint is about people who shouldn't be
building but who are forced to build because they can't download
a pre-built binary. Potential contributors will just roll their own
if they can't build yours with a reasonable investment, and we're
all far better off without the one-off tools "competing" for users
and developers.

Just food for thought...

Steve