Subj : A Terminal and a Manual
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Kai Richter
Date : Thu Oct 31 2019 15:26:18

Hello Maurice!

27 Oct 19, Maurice Kinal wrote to Kai Richter:

 KR>> I do not see that any system needs a dev and build environment.

 MK> More blasphemy!  :::tsk, tsk:::

 MK> From this angle I can see 3 running systems that have dev and build
 MK> environments, one of which I am typing this reply on.  I wouldn't have
 MK> it any other way.

That's the great freedom of choice of open source software. Maybe it's left out 
of consideration due to my translation but from my point of view we're talking 
about different things. You said a system without gcc is a toy. But now i see 
that your are talking about your computer systems only.

I was talking about servers in general. The job of a server is to provide 
service for specific task(s). A file server have to serve files, a web server 
have to deliver webpages.

 KR>> I doubt that you - if you're responsible for 100 computers -
 KR>> would run a build environment on every machine and compile any
 KR>> software 100 times.

 MK> At the moment 3 is exactly enough.  Also I have no need, nor the
 MK> money, to have 100 computers at my disposal.  The most I've had going
 MK> at the same time is 4 and all had dev and build environments (gcc and
 MK> friends).

That's fine but the next time please don't talk about "anything" if you're 
talking about "your" systems. I see and understand why "your" systems need a 
dev environment but that is not required for "any" existing system.

Regards

Kai

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