to, 2007-11-01 kello 11:34 +1030, Tim kirjoitti: > On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 01:48 +0200, Antti J. Huhtala wrote: > > I can't help wondering, however, why should pup or yumex use .xml > > files? Isn't it a M$ standard - and controversial at that? > > XML certainly is not, though Microsoft has made use of XML in perverted > ways (as is their tendency). > OK, Tim, thanks. I read there has been controversy about XML but I didn't know (and still don't) the details. On another note, how hard can it be to check checksums before putting files on mirrors? It seems like a terrible waste of bandwidth to let hundreds, maybe thousands of users try one mirror after another only to fail updating at the end... Regards Antti
