Subj : Re: Filename suggestions (8.3) for WWIV 5?
To   : Rushfan #1
From : Granitepenguin #1@90.Wwivnet
Date : Fri Jun 05 2020 03:01 pm


|#2R> |#0 |#2G> |#0Maybe do "D" for debian-family, and "R" for Red
|#2R>
|#2R> |#0I started with that, but for 'D' thought many people may assume
|#2R> |#0D==DOS, so thought L may be better.

Amusingly enough, I had the same thought (hence the "combined L"
idea).

|#2R> |#0 |#2G> |#0Another option would be to use "L" and bundle all the
|#2R> |#0 |#2G> |#0linux versions together inside the archive; it's not
|#2R> |#0 |#2G> |#0like the size of the archive matters. Also, does it
|#2R> |#0 |#2G> |#0need to be a .zip? A .tgz would be more "linux-y."
|#2R>
|#2R> |#0Yes, that's true there's very little deltas other than binary
|#2R> |#0files between them. Trying to figure out the build process for
|#2R> |#0that may be tough since each linux archive is entirely built on
|#2R> |#0that distro.

Maybe that's a separate workflow that gets invoked after the
archives are built.

|#2R> |#0|#2G> |#0not like the size of the archive matters. Also, does
|#2R> |#0|#2G> |#0it need to be a .zip? A .tgz would be more "linux-y."
|#2R> |#0Good point. ZIP is BBS-y though :)

I knew that would be the retort.  Besides, using ZIP still gives
us the "view ZIP" option to implement. :-)

|#2R> |#0 |#2G> |#0Can you tell what my day job is? ;-)
|#2R>
|#2R> |#0You give packging suggestions to bbs software maintainers for a
|#2R> |#0day job? :)

God, I wish.

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