Re: BAD: Handling of package-index by package release and install system

Stephen> No. CVS binary has different semantics from MS-DOS/Mac Stephen> binary. I think this is a dangerous idea. APA> Please explain the danger to me. Stephen> I prefer not to trust that the manual explains completely Stephen> what the differences are. Especially in the case of CVS; Stephen> I know that the manual is very incomplete about topics Stephen> like branches, and I know that the software itself is Stephen> buggy. And I thought you had facts :-) Stephen> I don't like relying on such software to Do The Right Stephen> Thing, when we can (and should; why are we manipulating Stephen> Lisp forms as text?) fix the problem internally. I agree that this is a better approach. Stephen> -- Stephen> University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Stephen> Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences Tel/fax: +81 (298) 53-5091 Stephen> _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ Stephen> What are those straight lines for? "XEmacs rules." -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/