<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'><br><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Klaatu" <klaatu@straightedgelinux.com><br><b>To: </b>slackbuilds-users@slackbuilds.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:45:54 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Slackbuilds-users] FFmpeg update<br><br>On 05/29/2015 04:43 PM, PG Ouellette wrote:<br>> <br>> <br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> <br>> From: "andrew" <andrew.david.strong@gmail.com> <br>> To: slackbuilds-users@slackbuilds.org <br>> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 3:49:17 PM <br>> Subject: Re: [Slackbuilds-users] FFmpeg update <br>> <br>> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 10:47:13PM +0100, David Spencer wrote: <br>> <br>>> Manual building is good for learning and experimenting, but it's <br>>> never going to be reliable or convenient. <br>> <br>> Interesting to know the numbers of users of tools such as sbopkg and <br>> the like compared to those like myself who do it 'manually' from SBo. <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> I tend do do it manually, without slackbuilds... I only use them when a build fails, so I can get a patch or a hint. I don't know why, but for some reason <br>> <br>> related to the tool chain, there seems to be more build failures lately, like in the past year or two. <br>> <br>> But don't believe me, I may be crazy. Anyone else note this problem? <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> SlackBuilds-users mailing list<br>> SlackBuilds-users@slackbuilds.org<br>> http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users<br>> Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/<br>> FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/<br>> <br><br>Like many others, I use my own solution for automating what I need<br>automated. The most appealing thing about slackbuilds.org is its ability<br>to be done manually or scripted, and both are equal. I will always<br>favour the manual method, in terms of design. Let the scripters adapt to<br>the manual method; otherwise we run the risk of forcing people to<br>unravel scripts in order to do things manually, and I don't care for that.<br><br>I have not noticed any kind of failure with the tool chain, but I<br>suspect that this is because I use my own tool chain and perhaps you are<br>speaking of specific ones?<br><br>-klaatu<br>_______________________________________________<br><br><br></div>> unravel scripts in order to do things manually<br><br>That's how I get my hints! :)<br><br>Actually mine is not a Slackbuilds issue or even a Slackware issue, and for that I'll retract my<br><br>comment.<br><br>Even though the GNU "configure and make" fails to keep up sometimes with both hardware and<br><br>software detection, I cringe at the thought of using anything else. That's what I was on about.<br><br><br>-- <br><div><span name="x"></span>PG Ouellette<br><br>Social Media and Internet Marketing for http://www.tgihvac.com<span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>