From: Massimiliano Mirra <list@...>
Date: 2002-01-18T00:50:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Best way for platf. independent compression?

On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 04:48:30AM +0900, Thomas Hurst wrote:
> > > Want me to start on a Ruby tar implimentation? :)
> > I don't know if you were serious.
> Depends if I get a free bag of cookies when I download any package that
> uses it :)

Is it enough if I instead refrain from reiterating jokes about cookies
and web browsers? ;-)

> > from Perl's Archive::Tar, which might be a good starting point.
> Got them, I'll see what I can come up with.

Great.  It also looks like zlib might make into the standard Windows
distribution, so we might actually end up having something like Debian
packaging for Ruby.  (Rubyan?  errr...)

Massimiliano