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Re: libforms.so.0.81
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliot Lee)
Mon Nov 4 21:35:07 1996
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:49:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>
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On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Kirill Shtengel wrote:
> I guess I wasn't clear enough in my previous messade.
> I did upgrade Lyx to 0.10.7. I do recommend doing this to everyone else.
> What I DO NOT recommend is using RPMs in this particular case.
> They don't seem to be supported by the Lyx developement team:
> there were no RPM versions of 0.10.3 to 0.10.6.
RPMs for almost all programs are not supported by the development teams.
It is up to you and I, the users, to make the RPM's.
> So, if you want to always enjoy the latest release, rely on
> getting the source files from the Matthias's ftp site and compile them
> yourself instead.
s/compile them/make them into an rpm and upload them/
> RPMs are great, but in certain situations developers don't bother
> to convert their updated products into the rpm format regularly,
> if at all, and Lyx seems to be the case.
Most developers don't.
-- Elliot
A: "Talk about stupidity!"
B: "Who, you?"
A: "No, me!"
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