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In article <1239@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au> jxp@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (Joe Petrolito) writes:
   ...[I]t would be useful to include [a(n) executable version of
   Gnuchess 3.0 for DOS] in the distribution of Gnuchess, since it
   would save time for those who wish to run it only on a PC.

Please don't include machine-specific binaries in the standard
distribution.  It would add transfer bulk and increase the load on the
authors and distribution-managers, who may not even have access to all
the various sorts of machines for which people would like binaries
included.  There's also the problem of potential Trojan horses.

If you don't possess the tools necessary to build the software from
the distribution sources, find a friend with the same type of machine
who does have the tools.  If there are enough poor souls in the same
unhappy position, they could collectively work to persuade a generous,
trustworthy benefactor with the tools to make their binaries available
for general access.  If you take this route, ensure that you have the
means to guarantee that the binaries you get (by whatever means) are
the ones put there by that trustworthy person, not tampered with by
some third party.  Personally, I wouldn't trust a binary distribution,
but you're welcome to expose yourself to whatever risk you like.

Anyhow, machine-specific binaries should not be part of the basic
distribution.