Re: Netscape or Mozilla as an rpm instead of tar or tar.gz

On 2004-11-08, John Boyle <[email protected]> wrote:

> To anyone: How come Netscape or Mozilla is not made as a rpm instead of 
> tar or tar.gz? First of all, there are no real instructions on how to 
> translate the tar or tar.gz, they always leave out a step or ASSUME you 
> know how!! I have been able to work with rpm's well, but, for instance, 
> cannot get the Flash plugin translated and installed, no matter what I 
> have tried. Why does the Mozilla .org, which claims it wants more 
> customers, not make the programs both ways, leaving it to the individual 
> to choose which he can work with?

Maybe because anybody can use the tarballs, but only rpm users can use 
.rpm files?

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-John ([email protected])