Re: fao

Michal Vitecek (M.Vitecek@sh.cvut.cz)
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 10:25:37 +0200 

David Mihm wrote:
>On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Michal Vitecek wrote:
>
>!  hello david,
>! 
>!    how does it look with ftp.afterstep.org? are u already admining it? maybe
>!  it should really be pushed into working before release of 1.5.0 which i
>!  think many ppl will use because it'll be another stable version of AS.
>
>	On Thursday, the admin asked how much space would be required and
>I responded, I have yet to hear back from them.  I pressume things are
>moving along as well as could be expected for something we are getting for
>free. :)

 ah - that's cool :)

>
>!    also, u were working on the man pages. is it done or how much time do u
>!  think u need to complete it?
>
>	No, I have not had time to complete the man pages.  From my
>understanding you wouldn't be ready with your memory leak for at least
>another week, so I have been trying to complete my work related projects
>ahead of schedule to get back in to the man page business.

   well - strangely i managed to fix the two memory leaks that occured when
 adding new windows yesterday, so i can make a patch anytime. i'm just
 waiting for ethan to send in his patch concentrating on font problem to
 be sure there are *no* memory leaks in runtime and release some changes
 made by makoto kato then with my memory leaks fix.
   so, guylhem said (in a private mail to me) 1.5.0 shouldn't be released
 without the proper documentation, so i think there's a week or so for u
 and andrew sullivan to finish it. if u won't be able to because of
 various problems it's worth to wait and all the maintainers must agree on
 releasing so ... there's plenty of time.

>
>
>!    and finally - what do u think about a script that would parse the old
>!  .steprc file and created appropriate configuration files from it? do u
>!  think it would help ppl go from AS 1.0 to 1.5?
>
>	There is already that perl script that supposedly transfers the
>old .steprc to files that can then be made to build the config files.
>But, there sems to be som many new options this isn't really a good thing
>to have the user pressume that a simple script can bring them to the new
>version.  Just as you suggested to not use my look.script and to learn by
>creating the look oneself, I think that same philosophy should be applied
>here.

 okay - i had the same opinion. i just wanted to hear yours because u're
 much more in touch with as users than i am.

>
>
>!     thanks for answer,
>
>	Concerning the ip address block, I don't know what my ISP's range
>is anymore - they had a merger with a national provider and seem to be
>using everything under 38.x.x.x .  It seems a bit overkill to have a
>username password and an ip verification.  I think there should be someone
>actually willing to actively "maintain" the web pages - I have sent a
>request to Bean about the FAQ.html (old) and faq.html (new) being the same
>in the eyes of browser caches (over a week ago) and she has failed to fix
>it.  Adding this cgi script will not facilitate an acurate w.a.o, but
>allow the site to drift back into a non-maintained phase, imo. 

   well, not really - the problem is that bean has been pretty busy lately
 with her job (as i was last two weeks or so) so she couldn't do anything.
 she's lazy, but she'll do what one wants her to do when she's constantly
 asked to do it (which i agree is not a good thing).
   i want the cgi script because now every AS maintainer (including u - the
 ftp admin) can add news to the site without actually telling bean to do
 it for him. she then can work on her own, not caring too much for the
 latest news. some other big changes she will have to be notified about of
 course and i think she'll do them. basically i want her to concentrate on
 other things than adding news - she has to make links page, browsable
 archive of the mailing list etc.

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			fuf


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