Re: Obsolete/local packages after update to slink
*- On 20 Apr, Brad wrote about "Re: Obsolete/local packages after update to slink"
>> were truly local packages (.rpm's that I ran though alien, Netscape
>> being one).
>
> There're quite a few Netscape packages available in Debian. Wrappers for
> installing 3 and 4 from the tar gzips off of netscape.com, and a plethora
> of Netscape 4 packages now that the source is free.
>
<Nit pick mode>
The Netscape packages are available now because REDISTRIBUTION is
allowed of the offically supported binary-only browsers. The free
source is for the Mozilla project which is still in early beta.
</Nit pick mode>
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Brian
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