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Re: gated



  >> i think an installer package in contrib is the best solution.  the
  >> installer should:
  >> 
  >> - download the gated sources (using wget or lwp-request or snarf or an
  >> ftp script)
  Sten>  Very bad idea. Some of us are behind a firewall that makes it
  Sten> difficult to use standard ftp tools. Invoking ftp from an installer
  Sten> script would only cause trouble. It should instead be done like the
  Sten> nescape installer package where the software is downloaded manually
  Sten> to a tmp dir.
  Sten> 
  Sten> - Sten Anderson
  Sten> 
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