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Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz |
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Sat, 8 May 1999 07:26:41 -0400 (EDT) |
> > >> requires some maintainance effort - it relies on a handcrafted version
> > >> of
> > >> lynx.cfg
> >
> > It is reasonable to include generated *.html files into the 2.8.2
> > distribution (like we have with gettext' lynx.pot) and leave portability
>
> I have never understood, and certainly do not think it "reasonable" to
> include lynx.pot in the distribution since the source code for tools to
> generate the file are included in the distribution. Since the entire
> intl/ subdirectory is an independent package, why it remains is beyond me.
> Now that Tom has Sun's implementation working, there is even less reason
> to keep it around.
maybe not remove, but script our packaging to bundle it separately.
(for development purposes I would rather maintain it as a whole).
unbundling intl+po is less impact than the lynx.cfg, since I've already
done most of the work involved.
> -r--r--r-- 1 nelsonhe 312313 Nov 11 04:47 fr.po
> -rw-r--r-- 1 nelsonhe 101230 Apr 23 23:56 lynx.pot
well (to be precise - it's not 400kb in the zip file, but more like 50kb)
> I could happily live without the above 400KB, and not loose a speck of
> functionality. No, I do not want more static files than absolutely need
> be in that already overbearing distribution. Why in the world do I want
> an htmlized (=bloated) copy of userdefs.h? The first step after breaking
> out the distribution I take is patch userdefs.h to my site defaults.
> (lynx.cfg is even worse; just copy my 6KB file right over it.)
>
> `quota` no longer exists? Anyone out there old enough to know what an
> Edsel is? A lynx is a fast _LEAN_ cat.
>
> __Henry
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Thomas E. Dickey
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- Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, (continued)
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, Leonid Pauzner, 1999/05/07
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, dickey, 1999/05/07
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, Henry Nelson, 1999/05/08
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz,
dickey <=
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, dickey, 1999/05/08
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, Leonid Pauzner, 1999/05/08
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, Leonid Pauzner, 1999/05/08
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, dickey, 1999/05/08
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, Leonid Pauzner, 1999/05/09
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, Henry Nelson, 1999/05/10
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, Henry Nelson, 1999/05/10
Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.2dev.25d-cpp.patch.gz, Bela Lubkin, 1999/05/10