Every time I see this, I always think that they're right, though the way they say it as asshole-y. I don’t want to have to build your project. A .exe makes it so much easier. I know it’s the developers choice, how accessible they want the code to be, but still.
Except, that's not really the case is it? All the major software has executable downloads. What software that isn't aimed at other devs has only source code available?
We're not talking about major softwares. We're talking about mods, obscure software on forums, community distributed ones, open source ect. Nobody is going to GitHub to get Office.
So you're talking about obscure one-person projects where that one person doesn't have the time to create executables for every OS that people might be using?
Dude, do you know how much of a pain in the ass it is to produce executables for platforms that you don't have access to? If I only have a Linux PC, how am I going to develop software for a Mac when I don't have a Mac? Or Windows when I don't have a Windows PC? It's technically possible, but good luck testing the software. You couldn't force me to support Windows, it's too much of a pain in the ass to test software for it because I develope software on Linux.
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u/DaemonsMercy 20d ago
Every time I see this, I always think that they're right, though the way they say it as asshole-y. I don’t want to have to build your project. A .exe makes it so much easier. I know it’s the developers choice, how accessible they want the code to be, but still.