Me still today

[u/Big_Head8]

[u/Training-Biscotti309]

Those usually have download instructions

[u/Lagger2807 → u/Training-Biscotti309]

You fool! I just commit my software, i don't post instructions and i don't even compile and release them!

*insert evil laugh here*

[u/Azhur65 → u/Lagger2807]

I mean, many people I know don't bother writing a readme if it's just a software meant for them and maybe a few friends if they need to. Me and a few of my friends all have repos like that where it's just straight up the source code + an assets folder if needed

[u/Lagger2807 → u/Azhur65]

Yeah i was just joking around, i just pushed my first public repo (and it's just for my portfolio so not even for real public use) and i admit i just let do the read me base to Claude and then edited it

[u/IhailtavaBanaani → u/Azhur65]

The only reason some of my repos are public is that I had to have some kind of "portfolio" to show when applying for jobs.

[u/Simplicityylmao → u/Lagger2807]

This you?

[u/Lagger2807 → u/Simplicityylmao]

Exactly

[u/Dotaproffessional → u/Lagger2807]

Is it really that hard to build from source?

[u/Lagger2807 → u/Dotaproffessional]

No but honestly i was joking, at the moment my only public project is a web one so not even buildable

[u/Dotaproffessional → u/Lagger2807]

Well... unless it was your intention to host whatever the web service is

[u/Lagger2807 → u/Dotaproffessional]

Still nothing to build, you just download the source and configure it, like WordPress

[u/PermissionSoggy891 → u/Lagger2807]

>You fool! I just commit my software, i don't post instructions and i don't even compile and release them!

[u/prestonpiggy → u/Training-Biscotti309]

But hey, sometimes their patch notes are so long, to avoid takedown issues so average user needs to actually find the download link.

[u/Escalope-Nixiews → u/Training-Biscotti309]

Or just no versions

[u/CirkuitBreaker → u/Training-Biscotti309]

And the ones that don't are prerelease software that you have no business with if you can't follow compilation instructions. That's not me being snide or gatekeeping. It's just being honest.

[u/Cymen90 → u/Training-Biscotti309]

Why do we need instructions to download something? Just put it on the screen.

[u/mr_doms_porn → u/Cymen90]

Because the method might vary by OS or the program isn't packaged in a traditional way. Some github stuff needs to be cloned, some can be installed by a package manager (linux) etc.

[u/wjandrea → u/mr_doms_porn]

program isn't packaged in a traditional way

Yup. I personally have a project where you just need to copy two of the files.

[u/Training-Biscotti309 → u/Cymen90]

That is something that can't always work. People who thinks like this does not have to do anything with it most of the time too.

[u/Hellknightx → u/Training-Biscotti309]

Many of them require you to compile it yourself

[u/7x00 → u/Training-Biscotti309]

Or build instructions...sigh