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Re: setup: built-in tar
- To: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Subject: Re: setup: built-in tar
- From: Eric Christopher <echristo at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 11:43:37 -0700
- CC: rdparker at butlermfg dot com, cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <200005231735.KAA02561@cygnus.com> <392ACE39.1158B5F5@cygnus.com> <200005231834.OAA23819@envy.delorie.com>
DJ Delorie wrote:
> Last time I talked about this with RMS, the result was that the
> minimum requirements be that it be on the same "site" (meaning same
> machine or cluster and same protocol (ftp/http)) and available to the
> user at the time the user downloaded the binary. I assume its
> location can't be obscured.
>
> Beyond that is merely convenience.
>
> We don't need to keep sources around on FTP in case some user who
> FTP'd a binary less than three years ago suddenly decides they need
> the sources. That rule only applies to a 3b distribution; our ftp is
> 3a.
I should know better than to get in a conversation about this with you
;)
Thanks for the explaination though.
-eric