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Re: Compiling "static" applications with SWT/GTK
- From: "Steve D. Perkins" <mailinglists at steveperkins dot net>
- To: gnustuff at thisiscool dot com
- Cc: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point dot com>, Erik Poupaert <erik dot poupaert at skynet dot be>, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 15:09:43 -0500
- Subject: Re: Compiling "static" applications with SWT/GTK
- References: <IHHE75UQZWVQ74VQCNTNSQ71A0RM65.3fcb37a8@p733>
Mohan Embar wrote:
Developers might not care, but the average end-user looks at
you as if you're speaking Klingon when told that they have to install a
new shared library.
If you're in Linux, rpm or some other packaging tool should take
care of that. On Windows, there's InstallShield or any number
of free installers available.
Ugh. I don't always (or even usually) want to deal with packaging a
full-blown application RPM, or deal with such issues in the Win32
world. Most of the apps I write are small, specialized utilities that I
distribute to team members via network shares or even email
attachments. I just want you to be able to double-click on it and do
your thing, toss it in the trash when you're done with it. I can't
believe that such requirements are THAT off-the-wall.
Steve