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- >>>>> "Alan" == Alan Hourihane <alanh@pcsl.co.uk> writes:
-
- Alan> Just before you guys put up 1.99l, If the directory
- Alan> structure of /usr/local/lib/executor does not change between
- Alan> releases for Linux or NeXT, or the *.hfv files for
- Alan> DOS. Would it make sense to put these into a separate file
- Alan> for download and then release just the binaries into a
- Alan> separate file for each release.
-
- Alan> This would reduce download time for users with slow modems
- Alan> etc.
-
- Alan> Just a thought !
-
- Yes, it makes a lot of sense. However, we have to be very careful so
- that we don't get people who inadvertantly get mismatches between
- their System file and their copy of Executor, or weird problems (like
- the ones I introduced with "Printer" or the BinHex configuration file)
- due to other conflicts.
-
- The right way to do it is pre-packaged sets of updaters, that convert
- from 1.99k to 1.99l, for instance. They'd do a quick check to make
- sure that your system really has 1.99k and then just modify the
- relevant files, using a binary differences program to do the
- modification. We have written some of the tools that will be used to
- provide this facility, but most likely they won't appear until 1.99m
- is out, since 1.99l should be out very soon.
-
- Alan> Alan Hourihane.
-
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