> >Is there any way you can make these available in a standard
> >.tar.gz or .zip
> >to save people the hassle of running the .rpms through alien?
>
> The RPMS goes a step farther since they prepare installation
> and remove. Also they take care of dependencies.

Which can be a good thing if you're using Linux.  But if you're doing
development on Windows, it's a PITA to take it to your Linux box, and run it
through alien so you can put it on your Windows box.

-Dave

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