Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Derek Broughton]

Robert Holtzman wrote:

> On Thu, 14 May 2009, Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>                ...........snip............
> 
>> Again, nobody has said that.  We've just insisted that if the software is
>> packaged for Ubuntu, it's as easy as installing on Windows (at least) and
>> if
>> it isn't, it is at least possible to compile.  In fact, Ubuntu
>> _explicitly_ makes that harder than necessary by being one of the few
>> distros that doesn't install compilers by default - and that was an
>> intentional choice because they knew users didn't want to compile.
> 
> Then how come gcc got installed on my Hardy box by default? Haven't
> checked my Jaundiced Jackass installation yet but would *almost* bet
> it's there too.

Nope.  It won't.
-- 
derek