Re: lynx-dev release-page for 2.8.5

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Leonid Pauzner wrote:

> > See if there's anything I should adjust for the features.html, etc.
>
> > The current version of lynx is 2.8.5
>
> > It's available at
> >         http://lynx.isc.org/
> >         ftp://lynx.isc.org/lynx/lynx2.8.5/
> > 2.8.6 Development & patches:
> >         http://lynx.isc.org/current/index.html
>
> > --
> > Thomas E. Dickey <address@hidden>
>
> Hi!  I have visited few relevant links...
>
> 1)
> > Subject: Lynx current distribution directory
> > X-URL: http://lynx.isc.org/current/index.html
>
> doesn't list 2.8.5rel.1 package at all
> (only rel.1 patch, the latest tarball is pre.5)

It does - the page has grown so long that it is not obvious that the
release tarball is listed about 70% down.  I considered rearranging it,
but haven't done that (yet).  See the short section titled

        Release Version in Various Formats


> 2)
> > Subject: README
> > X-URL: ftp://lynx.isc.org/lynx/lynx2.8.5/lynx2-8-5/README
>
>
> >                              Lynx README file
>
> > Lynx Version 2.8.4 is the latest release (July 2001).
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

thanks (I thought I'd fixed all of those).

> 3)
> > Subject: lynx.pot
> > X-URL: ftp://lynx.isc.org/lynx/lynx2.8.5/lynx2-8-5/po/lynx.pot
>
> > #, fuzzy
> > msgid ""
> > msgstr ""
> > "Project-Id-Version: lynx 2.8.5pre.3\n"
>                             ^^^^^^^^^^
> > "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
> > "POT-Creation-Date: 2004-01-26 20:35-0500\n"

I guess so - it was the last time I regenerated the lynx.pot (when I
localized the options menu).

> IMHO, 2) and 3) should be corrected inside the release package,
> not as a followup patch.
>
>
> 4) someone on the list has reported recently
> he has rel.1 Win32 Borland binary. It would be nice to publish the url
> at the release page, or upload it to lynx.isc.org ...

I didn't notice the item - would that be Doug Kaufman or Frederic Meunier?

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