[Pan-users] Re: Installation help in Ubuntu

[walt]

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:37:36 +1100, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> Hi folks, I've been lurking for a while. Just a small observation here:
> 
> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:29:41 pm walt wrote:
> 
>> Alpine is absolutely trivial to
>> compile for yourself on *any* linux distribution
> ...
>> I'll try to help when you get stuck.  (And you will :o)
> 
> 
> Am I the only one who thinks there's a slight inconsistency between
> assuring people that compiling software is "trivial", and stating that
> they certainly will have problems doing so?

Most of us get stuck adding two and two until we know how to do it, then
it becomes trivial.