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
> 
> 



	
		
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