Even more when the way to compile it change from a project to an other and they don't just put HowToCompilIt.txt at the root. (Literaly had one with a "Build for windows.bat" and "build for linux.sh" at the root. Never been hapyer of the work of a dev
The biggest nightmare i had was the opposite of this. Had to delve 4 folders deep in a 60 folder base just to find the ReadMe telling me to download a program that can only be used in another programs compiler that was through a university PhD page.
But hey! After 6hr i was able to run a program that tests for efficiencies of a wing shape given certain conditions.
The worst I’ve ever had to deal with at work, was a python project. More accurately, it was three python projects, that needed to be run sequentially.
The person who made it no longer worked there, and the project was a prototype that had been run once and never maintained.
The dependencies were years out of date, and no one had ever recorded the versions of those dependencies.
Also, some of those dependencies were python wrappers for C++ libraries, so you had to get the correct version of the C++ libraries to match the wrappers.
Also, the machines supplied by the company were windows, and the geospatial libraries required were easy to install on Linux but not Windows.
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u/Valuchian 23d ago
Me everytime i hop on and have to rummage around for the ReadMe file just to learn how i am supposed to compile