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Re: Whether Revisions should be required

  Steve> Because, AIUI, the whole point of dftp is to avoid getting the
  Steve> package unless it's new. Those people sitting at the end of a 14.4
  Steve> ppp link don't want to download emacs unless it's new...
  Steve> 
  Steve> Or am *I* missing the point here?
  Nikhil>  'fraid I think you *have* missed the point.  Carl is referring to
  Nikhil> the file called `Packages' which contains info on all packages.
  Nikhil> I've got an old one here which is about 183k (60k gzipped).

While dftp uses the Packages file, someone who `collects the files by hand'
depends on information being provided directly by the filename. That's why we
should put it into the filename. As well as architecture codes, for that
matter. (Oh well now I will have infuriated some of you out there ;-).

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Dirk Eddelb"uttel                              http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd