On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It is possible, but any changes to the books will be made when the book is
> re-rendered, and for people using the development book, they really should
> know how to get files if the link is broken. In my opinion.
>
I share your sentiment, but I'm wary of human nature.
> > And if we do show two urls, what about the size for things like bash
> > and readline which are officially provided as .gz but will be .bz2 on the
> > mirrors ? Worms, can of.
>
> Quite a few mirrors nowadays provide both, so it is less and less a
> problem. :)
Maybe I wasn't clear - I meant a general link to a canonical site such
as http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/ (everything there is currently .tar.gz)
and a specific link to a version on a mirror (which will be .tar.bz2).
Ken
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