[ODE] documentation initiative

[Robert Rose]

On Sunday, April 11, 2004, at 07:59  PM, Mike Wuetherick wrote:
>
> if i can't just open a project or workspace, point the compiler at the 
> proper includes & lib files then something is wrong with how the 
> project is built.
>
> the whole 'config.h' setup and cryptic build process is a MAJOR source 
> of the problems with ODE, and as was pointed out previously, getting 
> rid of the whole 'prebuild' steps, etc will remove a lot of the 
> 'getting started' issues that are present.

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but I think this whole 
"initial setup / configuration" problem could simply be bypassed if 
binaries for ODE were released on the ODE website.  All someone would 
need to do is download a lib file and the headers and they'd be good to 
go..

I agree with the points a lot of people have made--getting ODE up and 
running is the hardest part of figuring ODE out.  It's something I've 
done only once, and I will probably never need to do again.  Someone 
should just upload binaries for ODE and be done with this issue.

-robert