On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 11:35:23AM -0500, Adam Majer wrote: > Right. I hope no one is too pedantic about it. This especially applies > to data like fonts, graphics and sounds. Sometimes "preferred" format > for these cannot be put into source without blowing it up by a factor of > 10, or more. Furthermore, the "preferred" format might be completely > useless to anyone but upstream. That is *precisely* why we need to have that format. If upstream dies, somebody needs to be able to pick it up. Your argument applies equally to software - the source form is useless to anybody but developers; most users want binaries. We ship source anyway. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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