Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 02:28:14 -0400 (EDT)
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To: shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Chirayu Krishnappa <chirayu AT radiolink DOT net>
Subject: Size of Allegro distribution
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Hello,

        I agree that 1.2Mb is big to download every now and then - but once
Allegro 3.0 is out, this should not be a problem becoz u download only once. 

        However, it is my opinion that the current version of allegro should
not be broken up into addons. Stuff such as communictaions (DZCOMM), etc can
be addons and is easier to maintain and download that way. Maybe even the
sound routines could be made addons but the rest is essential. I've heard of
diffutils. So what I suggest is that Shawn release a version 2.3 or a
3.0alpha version (the current wip version). Then he can upload the diff's
each time allegro is changes - till the 3.0 version is out. Another idea
would be to break up the distribution into different files like, docs.zip,
examples.zip, kernel.zip, demo.zip, etc. What say?

Bye,

Chirayu Krishnappa:
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