Re: [MiNT] What's in, what's out?

[joska@nuts.edu (Jo Even Skarstein)]

On Sun, 28 Nov 1999 14:20:00 +0100, Jörg Westheide wrote:

> GF>Yes, it is.  Without a C compiler you cannot compile your own kernel.
> A normal user does not want to compile his own kernel. At most he will
> install a new binary for the kernel

Agree.

> GF>And besides, a lot of software is only distributed as source code.
> You're to much a developer.
> A normal user will only use the rpms. If something is not available through
> the rpms, he will at most ask for it. And only if he really needs this
> something he might have a try with the compiler. Otherwise he will just not
> use it

Here too.

It should definitely not be necessary to recompile anything just to run a
reasonably sized kernel. I think the majority of today's users are people
who got MiNT when buying N.AES, and most of them are just interested in
multitasking AES-applications.

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