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FLAME ON

I am concerned with some of the new .sty packages and their distribution
method. Case in point:

I tried to get "float" style from niord.shsu.edu

1. For the unknown to me reason all the names are changed. 
E.g. 

float.tex    is called      float.float_tex

this requires, when FTPing, change of all file names!
Time consuming task. I've noticed such scheme being implemented
on other servers (e.g. names are   sty.blabla,  instead of blabla.sty).

2. Once I've got all 5 files of "float" the "readme" file
directed me to the "multicol" package to get "docstrip" files.
This required getting it from niord.shsu.edu, renaming 10 files, creating
.sty related to multicol. Copying all multicol .sty files to "float" directory,
running docstrip on "float" to get float.sty, running latex on float.tex
to get documentation. Perhaps 10 style and input files are being processed.

I am not questionning elegance of the approach, but it takes approximately
1 hour before one gets "float" package. I would be
completely satisfied with getting "float.tar.Z", say with already
processed files

float.sty  (style)
float.tex  (documentation) (or for those of us with postscript printers
                            float_doc.ps)
readme

FLAME OFF

Peter