[Slackbuilds-users] Pandoc binary alternative

Robby Workman rworkman at slackbuilds.org
Mon Mar 18 18:43:05 UTC 2019


Okay, then yes, absolutely. Go for it.

-RW

On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:40:42 -0400
"Andrew Payne" <phalange at komputermatrix.com> wrote:

> That's right, binary straight from official Pandoc project,
> repackaged for Slackware.
> 
> (Sorry for the duplicate Robby, I didn't reply-all)
> 
> > On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:26:18 -0400
> > "Andrew Payne" <phalange at komputermatrix.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> Hi all, I made a slackbuild for the binary of pandoc.  The
> >> build-from-source version exists on SBo, but given the daunting
> >> build time and the massive list of Haskell dependencies, I think a
> >> binary build would be a valuable alternative.  I know this
> >> parallel scenario exists with LibreOffice for example.
> >>
> >> Is the team open to me maintaining the pandoc binary slackbuild?  
> >
> >
> > Absolutely yes, assuming it's something along the lines of "a binary
> > from official sources exists and this repackages it." If you're
> > talking about building a package and then distributing it using
> > SBo, then I'm not comfortable with that at all. It's not about you
> > personally, but rather that it's exactly what led to the creation
> > of this project and I don't want to lead users back down that road.
> >
> > -RW
> >  
> 
> 
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