Re: Source package format - a simple proposal

1995-12-09 Thread Bill Mitchell
On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, Ian Murdock wrote: > On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, Bruce Perens wrote: > > > From: Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 6a. No unnecessary up/down-loading by maintainers. > > > > Is this such a big issue? With your overseas FTP problems you can judge > > that, but I'd feel more conf

Re: Source package format - a simple proposal

1995-12-09 Thread Ian Murdock
On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, Bruce Perens wrote: > From: Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 6a. No unnecessary up/down-loading by maintainers. > > Is this such a big issue? With your overseas FTP problems you can judge > that, but I'd feel more confident if the maintainer uploaded the entire > package a

Re: Source package format - a simple proposal

1995-11-28 Thread Bill Mitchell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) said: > From: Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 6a. No unnecessary up/down-loading by maintainers. The issue gets bigger as the connectivity gets worse. I think it's a big issue, and I use a 9600 bps modem on a phone line which isn't too terribly noisy most of

Re: Source package format - a simple proposal

1995-11-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Bruce Perens writes ("Re: Source package format - a simple proposal"): > > 6a. No unnecessary up/down-loading by maintainers. > > Is this such a big issue? With your overseas FTP problems you can judge > that, but I'd feel more confident if the maintainer upload

Re: Source package format - a simple proposal

1995-11-28 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 4. Patches for different arch's [1]. Can someone please explain to me why patches for different architectures are ever necessary? I don't think you (Ian Jackson) are in favor of them - who is? > 6a. No unnecessary up/down-loading by maintainers. Is this su