Re: Forwarded: RFC: New source packaging format
bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) wrote on 22.10.97 in <[🔎] m0xOH42-00IS0dC@golem.pixar.com>:
> I accept your point that downloading diffs is more economical than
> downloading a monolithic source package. However, we have had many
> requests for a single-file source package, and such a thing could easily
> be extracted into diffs and source just as we have today.
Well, there's a simple cheat available for this:
Use a properly configured wu-ftpd.
Put the .tar.gz and the .diff.gz in a directory.
Request directory.tar.gz from the server.
Even works with all the popular web browsers (actually, with anything that
can do ftp).
MfG Kai
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