Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Vote for removal of some User Guide sections

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:37:24 -0700
Jaap Keuter wrote:


I see what you mean. There are three audiences to please: the binary
package user, the released sources user and the developer. Now with only
two manuals how are we going to target these audiences? Is the release
sources user more like the binary package user or the developer? I say
(s)he's more like a developer.
I'm not certain that's always the case. For users on many OSes on PC's (Windows, Linux, free-software BSDs), binary packages might be available; however, for some less-favored OSes, and for various free-software OSes when run on non-x86-PC platforms, binary packages might not be available. Even when they are available, the latest version might not be available as a binary package.
As such, end users might have to build Ethereal from source, even if they have no interest in modifying Ethereal.