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From:	"Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
Organization:	INTI
To:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Date:	Wed, 6 Aug 1997 16:34:48 +0000
MIME-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: perl for djgpp
CC:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:

> > What about creating a directory in the distribution to put these no so common 
> > zip files. In this way a person that doesn't know much won't download un-needed 
> > stuff.
> > For example a dir called v2gnu/advanced.
> 
> Bad idea, IMHO. All of "djgpp-workers" should by now be well aware that
> "persons who don't know much" will almost interpret this kind of
> distinction wrong 80% of the time. 

In my experience if you put 2 files called  prg1.zip and prg2.zip the user will 
download both thinking that it's just one big splitted to make more easy the 
download. Even if you put it clear in a readme.


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