----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Rowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dennis Evers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "P. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "devinfo"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] ANNOUNCEMENT: e-smith LDAP authentication,
first public beta release


> On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 07:46:41PM +0200, Dennis Evers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Since there are only script changes and no binaries in the RPM package
> > there is no need for a seperate Source RPM.
> > [...]
>
> No, source RPMs are actually really important. They allow other
> people to patch the files and build new RPMs. Without the source
> RPM, there is no history of the changes other make as the RPMs
> only include the "fixed" files.

Scripts ARE open... readable and adjustable for everyone.


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