RPM

[Craig White]

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 it's seven years old and almost certainly out of date, given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.
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could we bit a bit more mean spirited today?

Craig