setup: built-in tar

[Eric Christopher]

DJ Delorie wrote:
> Last time I talked about this with RMS, the result was that the
> minimum requirements be that it be on the same "site" (meaning same
> machine or cluster and same protocol (ftp/http)) and available to the
> user at the time the user downloaded the binary.  I assume its
> location can't be obscured.
> 
> Beyond that is merely convenience.
> 
> We don't need to keep sources around on FTP in case some user who
> FTP'd a binary less than three years ago suddenly decides they need
> the sources.  That rule only applies to a 3b distribution; our ftp is
> 3a.

I should know better than to get in a conversation about this with you
;)

Thanks for the explaination though.

-eric