On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 07:39:38PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > Because open source is all about choice. > > So it's there because of a platitude? > > > There might be admins using dpkg -i > > or security officers who build their local mirrors manually. > > Then why don't we include md5sums and wget commands for all packages in > stable point release annoucements? Why not include them in major release > announcements too? Or are these things somehow less "all about choice"?
Yes, there are a lot of us who use dpkg -i, and do it very often. I may be missing something in this thread because it seems to blatently obvious to me that this is a necessary and important tool that I am having difficulty understanding where this is going. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
