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Re: [LI] PCQ giving Sources instead of RPMs
Hi,
I agree with Suresh. Are you in favour of sources only because you are
using Debian? What about the newbies and people who know nothing about
compiling and stuff like that. For them RPM distribution is the best way. I
doubt, how many people are actually using the software (named as Office suite
by PCQ). Since they are distributed as sources, most of the newbies who have
installed linux to try out will get discouraged when they see these sources.
Asking them to compile them and install on their own is asking for too much
from them ? ( I am talking about those people who are completely new to linux).
If there is a way to distribute the entire package(RPM) then why not ?
Regards
Rajesh
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> > It is best to give sources than RPMs, because RPMs work only on RedHat
> > Installations, or S.u.S.E, Mandrake etc.For people using Debian
> > sources are helpful.
>
> For the (comparatively small) minority of those using Debian, there is
> always rpm2tgz. For the others - rpm is always better and more
> convenient.
>
> It's merely a question of having control over your packages instead of
> doing rm -rf all over the place (and perhaps deleting something you should
> not have deleted).
>
> Suresh Ramasubramanian | suresh@xxxxxxxxxxx [KCircle]
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