Re: AfterStep Classic hosting at The Site?

Stephen Ma (stephen_ma@mindlink.bc.ca)
16 Sep 1998 20:05:19 -0700 

Hi David,

> Hiya Stephen,
> 	As much as it pains me to see the continuation of the Classic
> Afterstep ...

Well, ahem, initially Classic was just supposed to be a temporary
quick fix, because the memory leaks in 1.0 were really alarming on my
24-bit true-color display, and Guyhelm's versions (1.2, 1.3, etc) were
at the time just too unstable, incompatible, and underdocumented.

(By the way, the leaks may still be in 1.4.x; to see them, start top
and tell it to sort by memory size (use the 'M' command).  Then open
and close a large number of windows.  It may take a while for the X
server to exhaust its internal free memory, but when it does, watch X
balloon in top's display.  Note that the leak appears in the X server,
even though the fault lies with AfterStep.)

At any rate, Afterstep 1.0 did everything I wanted and was already
very stable, so I determined to fix it instead.  Now I'm in too deep
to back out: too many fixes applied, too many people now using
Classic.

> ... I will most certainly put it on my site; and Michal's as well.
> Just drop it in the incoming and I'll move it to /pub/Linux/AfterStep/ .
> If you have any sort of Changelog or other blurb you'd lke to have
> included in the .message, send that as well - or README for that matter.

Thanks for the offer; I gratefully accept.  I've uploaded the
following files to ftp.the-site.dyn.ml.org/incoming:

	AfterStepClassic-1.1beta2.README
	AfterStepClassic-1.1beta2.tar.gz

These files should probably be moved to /pub/Linux/AfterStep/devel/.
Allow me to propose a short blurb to be placed in your web site:

	AfterStep Classic

	Descended from the original AfterStep 1.0, Classic's mission
	is to retain 1.0's well-tested stability while fixing a few
	annoying bugs.  Only one interesting new feature so far: the
	ability to hide the entire Wharf.  Completely upward
	compatible with 1.0; even uses the same .steprc file for
	configuration.

	People who have been using 1.0 should see the <link to README>
	file for what has changed.

	<link to tar.gz> is the source tarball.

When the new files appear in devel, I'll send out a new announcement
to Afterstep's mailing list.  I'll also work with Andrew Sullivan to
add a Classic-specific section to the FAQ.

> 	Yes, f.q.o is in the deep freeze.  I am in contact with Red
> Hat, who is reworking some of their servers to accomodate the
> hosting of f.a.o, hopefully we will have it up and running within
> the next couple of weeks.

Good idea, Redhat has really big pipes and can take the punishment. :)

Thanks again, David.

Stephen