Installing a compiler by default

[Derek Broughton]

Herman Bos wrote:

> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> The Ubuntu packagers do a very good job but they can't keep on top of
>> every package out there, some projects move so fast that you need to
>> do it yourself to stay current. wine especially comes to mind, there
>> are 100s of others. Don't shy away from using the compiler - you have
>> to try really hard to break stuff using it.
>>
> There are Ubuntu packages available for wine.
> http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/2006-May/021414.html

True, but it's still true that the Ubuntu packagers can't keep on top of it. 
Fortunately, in the case of Wine, somebody else can :-)
> 
> Most other software you see pop up in other unofficial repositories. 

I recently audited my system and found that I had a tiny number of
non-Ubuntu apps installed, and _none_ of them are installed from source:
they come from 3 or 4 other repos.
-- 
derek