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From: "Paul Derbyshire" <derbyshire AT globalserve DOT net>
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 20:58:20 -0400
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Subject: Re: Odd setup behaviors
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On 27 Jul 2002 at 9:35, Robert Collins wrote:

> > ...It seems to be. Started a download and got to a few % before I
> > killed it.
> > How come the binary distribution isn't there?
> 
> Because the self-replacement logic hasn't been merged from my proff of
> concept code into product. Self replacement should be done differently
> from other file in-use replacement, because the program can do it
> nicely. See for instance gnutella.

So it is slated for a future release? That's good -- it will make 
updating stuff a task the user can do all in one place with a 
consistent interface, and remove an annoying dependency on a Web 
browser and a Web site being reachable, as well as allow mirroring's 
benefits to extend to the setup component itself.

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