[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs] #1200: package up Brian's New Visualization of immutable download

[James A. Donald]

On 2010-11-27 11:17 PM, tahoe-lafs wrote:
>   The other obstacle is complexity.  As tahoe depends on something new, code
>   to download and build those new things (presumably for use within the
>   source tree, rather than installed) needs to be written. For a few
>   javascript files, that might be simple enough to not be an issue.

A chronic problem with open source programs is that there is no install, 
or the install gets broken, and so over time, manual install becomes 
ever more complex, because when one adds a new feature, the effect on 
the install is an afterthought.

With a windows program, the rule is that the master build script should 
end by building an installer, but if one is building for multiple 
platforms, this rule tends to evaporate.