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Reply-To: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
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To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.ORG>,
	Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Package system flaws? 
In-Reply-To: Message from Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> 
   of "09 Jul 2002 11:15:08 +0200." <xzp65zpl0tf.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> 
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In message <xzp65zpl0tf.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav 
writes:
> Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> writes:
> > If you're sensible about the encoding, the metadata doesn't have to be
> > at the beginning of the media.
> 
> Yes, it does, to allow installation from non-rewindable streams.

IMO, this is extremely important.


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