Linux Programmer

[Furmanek, Greg]

I do not understand why you comparing way of distributing
programs to the coding/programming discussion.

RPM uses database to keep track of the files you installed.
Tarball is the *source* of a program you are going to 
compile. 
After you install you are going to end up with the same result
with the exception of the entry in the RPM database.

On the other hand if you write VB 2-liner and you want to 
distribute that you have to have 2/3 floppies just to fit
the supporitng libraries on it.

The Wolf


-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Lucas Vogel [mailto:lvogel@exponent.com]
-> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 9:31 AM
-> To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
-> Subject: RE: Linux Programmer
-> 
-> 
-> Give ME a break. You get the same issues w/RPM's and 
-> tarballs. The tarballs
-> have far more damaging potential, though, when you're running the
-> ./configure script and it dies because of something you may not know
-> anything about how to fix, something that happened 
-> frequently when I was
-> running COL 2.2. Don't make this a Windows-only (or VB, for 
-> that matter)
-> because it isn't.
-> 
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: The Wolf [mailto:codewolf@earthlink.net]
-> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:19 PM
-> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
-> Subject: Re: Linux Programmer
-> 
-> 
-> William Lindley wrote:
-> > 
-> > "Code bloat" in my mind is when you write a two-line VB 
-> program and wind
-> > up with three megabytes of stuff that has to be installed. 
->  Gimme a break.
-> > 
-> > \\/
-> > 
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-> 
-> AMEN to this one!!!!
-> 
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-> the question is if we are paranoid enough."
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