Re: LYNX-DEV Re development vs. programming

[Jim Spath (Webmaster Jim)]

On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Daniel Strychalski wrote:
> Drazen Kacar (address@hidden) wrote --
> > Now I need a clarification. Lynx runs on Unix and VMS. Both systems are
>   supposed to have administrators. When I use the word 'installed' that
>   means I made Lynx available to 8000 users. I'd use 'compiled' if it was
>   on my private Linux (or whatever). Are you sure there is a large base
>   of people who are not admins and who are trying to compile Lynx?
>... 
> 2.4.2 binary. If I MENTION Lynx, the head admin makes clawing motions
> ("Windows is gonna getcha") and tells me to join the 'scapists....
>... 
> The old distribution notes talked of installing Lynx (that is,
> uncompressing the binary) in one's home directory; evidently SOMEBODY
> thought this might be necessary for some people. Please, PLEASE make
> binaries available.

Should we set up directories on lynx.browser.org, or pointers to
directories, with Lynx binaries for different platforms?  There are some
at UKans which would be a good start for this.  Also, which verification
method (BETSI, PGP,...) would be good for verifying our original binaries
are properly delivered? 

FWIW, I used "beav (binary editor and viewer)" to change the lynx.cfg
location in a generic binary to point to my home directory instead
of /usr/local/lib, but I doubt others would risk this.

Finally, how about some mutli-lingual help pages on l.b.o such as
http://lynx.browser.org/help/2.6/en/index.html
http://lynx.browser.org/help/2.6/de/index.html
...?

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