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The problem tarballs solve is bundling files together. That use-case will probably be with us for awhile even if it has fallen out of favor for source code.
by joslin01 11y ago
The problem tarballs solve is bundling files together. That use-case will probably be with us for awhile even if it has fallen out of favor for source code.
- raimue 11y agoThe article is discussing whether it is worth to provide tarballs for software releases, not tarballs in general. The title might be misleading.