Quote Originally Posted by bonkersbobcat
There are two parts to the cycle. The partial patches that are done by developers to get it sort of working while the rest gets figured out, and the next "release" of the software. I would agree that an easier build system would be nice for the latter (and I think it is in fact happening with some people configuring the various build engines.) But for the former, the partial patches -- that belongs in the developer's domain and does not need to be published beyond these forums. People who are not develpers are welcome to follow along and try and do thier own patching, but I don't think you will find much support for supporting non-devs with the partial releases.
Amen. Building from CVS is an unsupported exercise imo. Wait for releases or at least for the packagers.