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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 15:47:21 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Chris Croughton <crough45 AT amc DOT de>
cc: salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE - GCC 2.7.2.1 Patched available for download
In-Reply-To: <97Dec17.130717gmt+0100.17029@internet01.amc.de>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.971217154520.28945A-100000@is>
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On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Chris Croughton wrote:

> A question about this: should we also put the
> (patched) source on the same website, or just the
> patches, or is it enough to just have a pointer to
> the source (and patches)?  Or since it's DJGPP do
> we not have to do even that?

GCC is not DJGPP, it's GNU software.  As such, it is much better to have 
the sources that correspond to the binary at the same place as the 
binary.  People shouldn't have more trouble finding the sources of GNU 
software than to find the binary itself.

Just my $0.02.

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