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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: Open Source does not mean easily re-compile-able
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:44:10 +0100
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On 28.12.2024 00:22, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
>> [...]
> 
> No need to be skeptical, we live in modern ages
> where things have been made quite convenient for us.

LOL. :-)

> Compiling Thunderbird should be very easy indeed 
> when we use Linux distro's package management.

You expect _users_ of tools to use a _development_
environment to fix *inherent* shortcomings of a tool?
(Shortcomings that should not be there in the first
place!)

> [ snip suggested 8-step development process ]

Janis