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- From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
- Subject: Re: su File Viewer
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- Organization: Purdue University
- References: <1992Nov18.174317.9626@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:45:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.174317.9626@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
- sherwood@space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford) writes:
- > Ian Jefferson (ijeff@alfred.carleton.ca) wrote:
- > : > sherwood@space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford) writes:
- > :
- > : >This is why I prefer programs that are tar.Z's or zips to those that
- > : >are packages. I can start one or more gnutars or unzips and stuff in
- > : >background. Installer has a raft of mouse clicks and dreck.
-
- So do I, and the Purdue NeXT Archives reflect that.
-
- > Yeah, that one bothered me too. Most tar.Z's would unpack into a self
- > contained subdirectory, but on occasion, one would dump all over my Untested
- > directory, and I'd be picking bits out here and there for a while.
-
- All the tars at sonata should make a single directory. If
- they don't, tell archive-management. Obviously,
- submissions don't count since they haven't been
- approved yet. That's one of the many things I have to check
- before a submission goes through.
-
- It is still hard to deinstall something if the author
- didn't make it easy (or use Installer, which I still am not
- entirely satisfied with).
-
- As always, read everything the supplier gave you and give
- 'em grief if you don't like how they do things. And please
- thank then if you do! Take free software but don't take its
- authors for granted.
-
- Allen B (Ooops, a little preachy there :-) )
-