On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 21:47 +0930, n0dalus wrote: > On 7/30/07, Gilboa Davara <gilboad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > /+1. Wget is a sound option. > > > > I'm sure that the rpm developers originally considered using an > external program but decided that it would be better to have an > internal http/ftp client. > > If we start stripping out various bits of RPM and replacing them with > external libraries, we are making bootstrapping a headache. RPM is > used to install wget and other external libraries in the first place, > so having rpm depend on them makes things messy. > n0dalus. By using a plug-in like system, you don't carry extra dependencies when your boot-strapping (or when you're low on resources/storage), you just lose non-critical features. (such as built-in http/ftp client) - Gilboa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
