🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <Aug09.201747.56693@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>,
 flatau@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Piotr Flatau) writes:
> 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).

I'm sure that George will reply to this, but I just thought I'd put in a
word.  The naming is done to make retrieving the files via mail easier,
specifically via MX's MAILSERV.  The same directories are made available
via FTP as well.  Another thing to consider about .tar.Z files is that
TeX and LaTeX are on so many platforms it isn't reasonable to expect
everyone else to be able to unpack archives in this form.

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