On 7/29/07, Gilboa Davara <gilboad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 15:40 +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > > * Unix philosophy - do just one thing and do it well: > > - RPM is not a GPG key manager but a package manager. > > - RPM is not an ftp/http client, it's a package manager. > > > > ... While I agree with the general UNIX philosophy, RPM's HTTP/FTP > support is very useful. > How about creating an external plug-in interface that will handle > non-standard file URLs instead of doing it in the main code? > > - Gilboa Seems to me, removal of the code doesn't necessarily mean removal of the feature. Future RPM might just depend on wget. -- Fedora Core 6 and proud -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
