On Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:31:50 -0400 (EDT) 
 Jim Wise <jwise@unicast.com> wrote:

 > More interestingly, it seems odd to have a distribution-set format
 > independent from our packaging format.  What if we had the concept of
 > `system packages' which installed under / and contained chunks of the

Actually, I've been advocating that for some time now :-)

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