Bootstripping

[Ovid]

--- On Thu, 21/8/08, Andy Armstrong <andy at hexten.net> wrote:

> We had quite a debate about this last year:
> 
> http://www.hexten.net/pipermail/tapx-dev/2007-September/001352.html
> 
> I see that you had something to say on the subject too:
> 
> http://www.hexten.net/pipermail/tapx-dev/2007-September/001420.html
> 

Oh, um, er, yeah.  I guess I did.  I was right, too.  Now I'm not :)

(Schwern's point about not being able to control broken installs is the clincher)

Cheers,
Ovid
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