Messages in this thread | | | From | "Matthew D. Pitts" <> | Subject | Re: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes | Date | Tue, 6 Apr 1999 21:36:08 -0400 |
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Alex,
> On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Riley Williams wrote: > > > As it happens, I don't believe .rpm is inferior to .tar.gz at all, but > > as that has no relevance to Alex's stupidity, I'll say no more on that > > subject. > <snip> > RPM is a format that makes it difficult for those of us unwilling to > download and use the rpm software to get at the packages - especially > those that are only available in rpms. For many of us that don't use or > are not interested in RPMs, that does lock us out of that segment - and > hence, leaves us with the distinct impression that those authors would > have us go to all that twaddle to get at the sources.
Um, didn't someone post a script to convert them to tarballs?
Matthew D. Pitts mpitts@suite224.net
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