[Remind-Fans] wxRemind - new GUI for remind

[John Abreau]

Paul Smith wrote:
> On 5/8/06, Daniel Graham <daniel.graham at duke.edu> wrote:
>> Isn't an rpm spec file overkill for something this simple? I had
>> thought of including a setup.py but even that seemed unnecessary.
>> All that's required is to unpack the tgz file and create three
>> symbolic links and the included INSTALL file does this.
> 
> Probably, to the majority of users, Dan, it is as you argue: overkill.
> However, for users like me, it would be useful to have a simple way to
> check/install the dependencies (with yum on Fedora Core 5). I wonder
> whether that is the reason why so many very simple programs come with
> a rpm (or the instructions on how to create it).
> 

If it's too small to be "worth" packaging in an rpm, then it's certainly 
too small to be worth the extra headache of keeping track of it as a 
special case outside of rpm.

I look at it the same as a user making a small request. If I tell 
myself, "I'm certain to rememebr this, it's not worth opening a helpdesk 
ticket or adding it to my todo list", then it's almost guaranteed that 
the next interruption will drop it from my memory, and then the user 
will be upset a few weeks later when he asks why I didn't complete his 
simple request and I have to tell him "oops, I forgot".

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