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    On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Riley Williams wrote:

    > I gather you didn't put me in your killfile, even though you said you
    > had, so you may wish to note that the sort of vulgarity you used
    > therein is NEVER warranted...

    I did? You must have caught me at a bad time. Apologies offered. I'm
    feeling slightly better now that I've had some green stuff.. =)

    > As per my previous emails, I do NOT believe that ANYTHING should ONLY
    > be available in .rpm or .deb or ANY other form of packager, nor have I
    > ever claimed otherwise, so I have no dispute with you over that point.

    OK. Agreed.

    > Also as per my previous posts on the subject, I see NO reason to
    > package SOURCES in anything other than tarballs. However, as per my
    > previous posts on the subject, I see NOTHING WRONG in using packaging
    > systems such as .rpm or .deb for BINARY distribution of software,
    > PROVIDING it is also available in tarballs.

    Agreed =)

    > I use .tar.bz2 files myself, and some prefer .tar.Z files for various
    > reasons, so I refuse to believe your claim that only .tar.gz files can
    > be counted as tarballs...

    I had forgotten about bzip2 files. The tools required for those are small
    and most definitely worth it for the extra compression, so that is a plus
    in their favour. RPMs on the other hand... =)

    > I understand your comments above, and as per my previous posts, and my
    > comments above, I'm in full agreement with most of them...

    Brilliant. We are friends now, I take it?

    Cheers,
    Alex
    --
    "Bullshit. It's a cesspool, and has been for a long time. RMS chucked
    another turd in our midst and his sheep drop their daks and follow suit."
    - Richard Gooch.



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