[Slackbuilds-users] Directory Structure Question

[JK Wood]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Chess Griffin wrote:
>
>  Ah, yes, I see.  I think those are just personal preferences for package
>> development that are not really necessary for using the scripts at SBo.
>>
>
> Chess,
>
>  While the introduction to that page states these are personal approaches,
> the consistency of installing full distribution source implies that's not
> optional. A clarifying sentence would greatly assist newcomes such as me.
>
>  Sounds like you are good to go.  :-)
>>
>
>  Thank you.
>
>  However, it turns out that the application I want to use, OpenProject, is
> written in java and provided as a .jar file. Unfortunate, IMNSHO. My
> experiences are that java apps are only slightly above perl apps in clarity
> and maintainability. I prefer C and python; my software engineer partner
> (much more experienced than am I) prefers C and ruby while holding the same
> opinons of perl and java. But, that's for another discussion over a couple
> of pints of handcrafted stout, porter, or ale.
>
> Carpe weekend,
>
>
> Rich
>
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Does that help?
-JK
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