Re: List of package urls

2006-03-08 Thread Dimitry Naldayev
Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Randy McMurchy wrote: > >> Why is it that the package URL is not listed, but only the location >> where it *should* be? >> > >> So, why not just list the package URL? > > Short answer...it's a historical oversight, I think. > > Long answer... > > We u

Re: List of package urls

2006-01-20 Thread William Harrington
On Jan 15, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Richard A Downing wrote: Oh! I thought it was so clever-clogs could get a later (and greater, of course) version if he wanted, and then bombard the support list with questions about why his system is screwed :-) "I suppose the reason I was having problems was c

Re: List of package urls

2006-01-15 Thread Richard A Downing
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:40:26 + Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Randy McMurchy wrote: > > > Why is it that the package URL is not listed, but only the location > > where it *should* be? > > > > > So, why not just list the package URL? > > Short answer...it's a historical oversi

Re: List of package urls

2006-01-15 Thread Matthew Burgess
Randy McMurchy wrote: Why is it that the package URL is not listed, but only the location where it *should* be? So, why not just list the package URL? Short answer...it's a historical oversight, I think. Long answer... We used to point to the packages homepage rather than to the download

Re: List of package urls

2006-01-15 Thread Randy McMurchy
Dimitry Naldayev wrote these words on 01/15/06 14:55 CST: > The chapter 3.2 "All Packages" contain not urls of the packages but only > urls their locations. Are there main reason for this? You are the second person in the last two days to ask this very same question. I'll be the third. Why is it