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Subject: Re: FIGlet (again)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:50:18 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
> > I can't imagine how it would benefit the user or the contributor to
make
> > figlet harder to install than normal.
>
> However, I see a slight contradiction in the way we're handling new
> packages right now.  We won't upload them to sourceware unless the
> contributor properly packages them and provides them on some OTHER
> website -- for *testing*.

I've always assumed that that 'testing' was package structure testing,
not binary testing.

I've only ever looked at the setup.hint and binary layout when looking
at a package.

Rob