There are .deb distributions too, I think that the suggestion is more to make it easy to download. check it here: http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/debian/debian/pool/OOO680/
On 2/2/06, Jem Berkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I really think you would do the Linux user base a favour by offering, > as you did before, generic binary installations (through some kind of > setup program). I had been using that method throughout the 1.x > releases and it was a reliable way to install and maintain OpenOffice > no matter what the distribution was. > > The reason I suggest this is that not every distribution uses RPM. By > offering your main Linux download based on RPM, you imply support for > mainstream distributions only. Someone like myself who uses > Slackware, and from time to time "no distribution" misses the previous > distribution-neutral setup program. > > Jem Berkes > University of Waterloo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Alexandro Colorado
