On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 13:54 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Karl Larsen wrote: > > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, William Hooper wrote: > > > > > It's still available now: > > > > > > > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/books/max-rpm/ > > > > > > > > > > given that that book appears to have not been updated since 2000, > > > i'd suggest that it doesn't have much value these days, given all > > > the rpm-related developments that have happened since then. > > > > > > rday > > > > > I take rday you know of a newer book in pdf form that we can all > > make a book of that was written this month > > i'll tell you what, karl. things will go much more smoothly around > here if we have a clearly-defined separation of responsibilities. > now, in *my* case, having been around fedora for years, having used > rpm for quite some time, and having actually *owned* the > aforementioned book in treeware form, it will be *my* job to recommend > that it might not be worth the time or money to get into it given that > it's seven years old and almost certainly out of date, given > everything that's happened with rpm since then. > > similarly, it will be *your* responsibility to do stupid things to > your system, complain when it breaks, then offer to write worthless, > error-filled "tutorials" that will almost certainly inspire readers > who take you seriously to cause untold damage to their computers. ---- could we bit a bit more mean spirited today? Craig
