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

Let's not forget that not all Linux variants are setup to deal with RPM's.

John Thompson wrote:
> On 2004-11-08, John Boyle <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>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?
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> Maybe because anybody can use the tarballs, but only rpm users can use 
> .rpm files?
>