that you can create a .iso with a proto file, which is just handy. there wouldn't be a problem in using a different packaging format if it has the infrastructure, tar doesn't cut it as it doesn't support Plan 9 specific metadata, long names...
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 3:34 PM, hiro <23h...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 6:23 PM, ron minnich <rminn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It's really neat -- give it a try. One thing that is not apparent is >> that the packages are set up as iso's, and they are pulled down as >> such, i.e. it's way faster to pull them down than running replica >> against far-away sources. >> >> ron >> >> > > what's the advantage of using iso over other packaging formats here? > > -- Federico G. Benavento
