Re: nmh 1.1 release canidate uploaded
Ken Hornstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone, I've created a nmh 1.1 release canidate. You can get it from: http://savannah.gnu.org/download/nmh/nmh-1.1-RC1.tar.gz What's the difference between this release and the one I picked (and have been using since then) in July?
Re: nmh 1.1 release canidate uploaded
Glenn Burkhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Hornstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone, I've created a nmh 1.1 release canidate. You can get it from: http://savannah.gnu.org/download/nmh/nmh-1.1-RC1.tar.gz What's the difference between this release and the one I picked (and have been using since then) in July? Good question. Unfortunately, Savannah doesn't seem to provide the same Files section as does Sourceforge which organizes release notes and changelogs together with the release. It just points to a big ftp directory. In the MH-E project, my release notes are the README file which is short and says which versions of Emacs are supported, how to install MH-E, and where to get more help and documentation. I don't actually show the actual ChangeLog, but distill the best bits. It looks like the Emacs' NEWS file. On Savannah, we could do one of two things (or a combination). We could create README and a NEWS files. The README would include the installation notes (which in nmh's case might point to an INSTALL file within the distribution) and the NEWS file would be a reverse chronological listing of new features and bug fixes: NEWS README nmh-1.1-RC1.tar.gz Or, we could associate a README and a NEWS file with each release: nmh-1.1-RC1.NEWS nmh-1.1-RC1.README nmh-1.1-RC1.tar.gz Or, a combination thereof (I think this would work best in this case): README nmh-1.1-RC1.NEWS nmh-1.1-RC1.tar.gz To see where I'm coming from, go to: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mh-e/ Look down to the Latest File Releases section and and click on the book for the mh-e package. When you do that, you'll see the Notes (which comes from the README in the distribution) and the Changes (which comes from the file MH-E-NEWS in the distribution). The only reason we use the name MH-E-NEWS instead of NEWS is because we install MH-E into GNU Emacs, and it wouldn't be such a great idea to overwrite the Emacs NEWS file ;-). -- Bill Wohler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and mh-e. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.
Re: nmh 1.1 release canidate uploaded
Scott Lipcon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think release candidates belong in the ports collection. 1.1rc1 should be relatively stable, but it hasn't been tested much at this point. Development has gone very slowly.If there is enough demand, I'd consider making a second port, nmh-devel, as is common for some other ports. Ehhh...I don't think there's enough demand to do that. Alternatively, I'd be willing to figure out how to make a FreeBSD package of 1.1 rc1 and make it available for download for FreeBSD users who want to give 1.1 a try. I could probably come up with a package without too much difficulty...would it make sense to stick it in savannah's download area for the nmh project? Or maybe just assume that most people who would want to play with the RC code might be able to build it for themselves and not worry about it? I don't know...being kinda swamped at work right now, I'm inclined to go that way unless there's some sort of outcry :). Scott
Re: nmh 1.1 release canidate uploaded
Ken Hornstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone, I've created a nmh 1.1 release canidate. You can get it from: http://savannah.gnu.org/download/nmh/nmh-1.1-RC1.tar.gz Well...yesterday I sent a message from a different email address that I imagine the list owner might be reading about now...don't worry about that message (sorry for the duplicate if it gets to the list). I maintain the nmh port for FreeBSD and I've gotten a request to update it to 1.1-RC1. Updating to release _candidates_ would normally make me kind of nervous, but given the release history and that the RC was, what, about 4 months ago now, I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on whether or not I should. If so, should the savannah.gnu.org download site be the official source of the tarball? Any thoughts or recommendations would be welcome! Scott
Re: nmh 1.1 release canidate uploaded
Shouldn't this be 1.5? Otherwise, you'll get folks confused. I seem to recall that the last official nmh release was 1.4 Last release was 1.0.4, not 1.4. So I think 1.1 is right. --Ken
