*- Raul Miller wrote about "Re: Considering packaging: Microsoft Web Font pack"
> John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> When you download a .zip, it's not transferred unchanged. There are TCP/IP
>> headers added to each packet. The file transfer protocol (FTP, HTTP, etc)
>> adds stuff to it. .deb simply adds stuff as well. How's that different?
>
> That's different because it's on a different layer. There is no file
> at that layer.
>
> More generally, I think this falls in the category of "if the author
> doesn't want us to distribute it, or if we don't feel it's right for us
> to distribute it, we don't".
>
>From an outsiders point of view why not just make a wrapper package
like the old netscape or rvplayer ones. Have the user download the
file before hand and then let the package extract and install it.
--
Brian
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