Re: [Opencd-devel] Source

[<j_a...@ya...>]

> > We offer it as tarballs/ZIP files on the website.
> The *vast* majority of
> > people using the CD are not going to want the
> source code. The majority
> > probably aren't going to know what source code
> even is.

Perhaps, but I would. If I was looking to get, say, a
copy of OpenOffice for Linux, I'd find someone who has
it on CD because it would take days to download it via
a modem. The source code effectively makes the CD
multi-platform. Linux users aren't going to be scared
by typing './configure && make && make install'. 
Including the windows binaries _and_ the
multi-platform source means that you could hand the CD
over to anyone and it would appeal to both the newbies
and the experienced on a multitude of platforms.

> I'd suggest, in my limited experience, that we take
> a 700M CD, cram it with 
> useful apps & IF there is space left on the CD we
> put the src on it.  Once 
> there are enough (and their may be now) apps on the
> CD that it is full we 
> move the src code to a website.

...Or a second ISO containing the source.

Or, and I'm not sure if anyone's considered this yet,
a DVD? There are a lot of people with DVD drives, and
quite a few with DVD+-R(W)/RAM drives.

Bye

James Arthur

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