Austin_: comment noted. RPA can have bleeding edge software in it if batsman really wants a <name>-devl pacakges. --dross --- Austin Ziegler <halostatue / gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:23:01 +0900, David Ross > <drossruby / yahoo.com> wrote: > > A good example how QA works and is better then > > developer packaged software. > > > > Thanks batsman > > Please, David, shut up. The packaging error is not > one that I would > have found because I don't generally test my > applications on Linux or > other Unixes during normal operation; the htmldiff > error was actually > something related to a planned shift. > > In future versions of Diff::LCS, htmldiff will > actually be > disappearing in favour of an extension to the ldiff. > htmldiff is a > legacy application from the original Perl port. > > QA does *not* catch all things; I know, as I work > with highly > qualified QA people at work. I appreciate the work > that Mauricio has > put into RPA, and I look forward to the stability > that the RPA will > provide to people who can't afford to deal with the > bleeding edge, but > still appreciate the ability to package my own > software and make it > available to others. > > There is a time, place, and purpose for both > RPA-style and > RubyGem-style packaging systems and philosophies. > There is little > time, place, and purpose for sycophants. > > -austin > -- > Austin Ziegler * halostatue / gmail.com > * Alternate: austin / halostatue.ca > : as of this email, I have [ 6 ] Gmail invitations > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail