Re: Containers with Ada (distribution of)

["Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@home.com>]

I neglected to answer one other point, in my previous post..

Stephen Leake wrote:

> "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@home.com> writes:
>
> > <snip>
> > > Perhaps a better solution for open source packages is to distribute
> > > exactly the version you test with (which you may have patched), with
> > > the caveat that users who use other versions are on their own.
> >
> > Certainly, that is one solution. For large packages like florist however,
> > distributing that with a small application goes against the grain, especially
> > for the user who downloads with 56k modems.
>
> Hmm. If they have the same version, they don't have to download your
> copy. If they don't, they can either try it with a different version,
> or download your copy. I don't see how they are worse of than if you
> did not provide a copy. Ah, maybe you thought I meant the packages
> should be bundled in your zip file; probably not.

I had assumed you meant the latter, but no matter...

It is true that you can make copies of an original "package" available on
your own web site (separate from your application's tarball/rpm). However,
this doesn't help with the sunsite.unc.edu ftp site etc. They (like many other
ftp sites), only keep the most recent versions of submitted packages.

IMHO, this is just one more hassle to deal with.  I can barely find the
time and inclination to keep my web site up to date as it is ;-)

> -- Stephen

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