|--==> "JJ" == Jerry James <james(a)eecs.ukans.edu> writes:
JJ> Hmmmm.... you'd also lose the md5 checksum. On the other hand, maybe
JJ> there's a seed of a good idea in here somewhere. The current
Definitely. I like the principle at least.
JJ> - Name the packages themselves like this:
JJ> name-version-authorversion-md5sum-pkg.tar.gz. (That will make for
JJ> very long filenames, but humans shouldn't be directly accessing these
JJ> files anyway.)
Unfortunately, they do. Lots of people manually download packages
from the FTP site and install them manually.
JJ> What do you think?
I think it has merit. It's definitely a starting point.
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