Re: Using sources

[Corrin Lakeland <lakeland@acm.org>]

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On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 16:21, Randolph S. Kahle wrote:
> I am assuming that the reason one would want to compile the sources is
> to use compiler options for a particular processor (586, 686, etc.). Is
> this the primary advantage or are there other advantages?

1) If you're running stable or testing and want a newer version
2) Compiling for your processor/with particular optimisations
3) You want different options passed to the configure script, e.g. a KDE look 
rather than a QT look, a GTK interface.  Generally as a maintainer I will 
select a minimal number of configure options so the package doesn't depend on 
too many other programs.
4) You might need to make a tiny tweak to the code
5) it feels good to compile programs yourself 

Corrin
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