Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Requiring glib...

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mitch Davis wrote:
> Daniel Sjolie wrote:

> > don't hear any really serious objections... I really think that glib is
> > a libary that we *want* on every computer... Thus we *should* require it
> > to work for the spreading of this...
> 
> That sounds suspiciously like glibc's agenda, which is not
> necessarily ours.
> 
> Many people also build and run Freeciv in their own home directories.
> IMHO, it it unreasonable to expect people to install glibc(30Mb) just
> so they can run Freeciv.

Um, while your comments may still apply to some extent, please be 
careful to distinguish "glib" (a utility library by the developers 
of GTK+) with "glibc" (the GNU C library).

Regards,
-- David