From: jeffk@cyberspace.org (Jeff Kopmanis) Subject: Re: Suggestion: Current Version List Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1993 15:49:42 GMT
The idea here is to prevent surprises, and to let the poor guy downloading
at 2400 baud (me!) know how much he's REALLY gonna have to download to
upgrade. The reasons for upgrading are up the individual.
For the record, I'm going to start up this version map myself. I'll be
posting a new topic in the news for this, but in case you miss it:
If you are a developer, please email the following information to
jeffk@cyberspace.org concerning your package:
package name
brief description of its purpose (5 lines or less)
approx size (to nearest K)
current version
version numbers of last 3 releases
required software for your package to run (OS versions, libs, etc)
version numbers of required software
FTP address, directory and filename where you distribute your package
BBS (if any) phone number where you distribute your package
your email address(es)
Any other notes you see as important (please be brief, if possible)
There. I've done it. The Linux Third-Party Software Map is officially
established. The ball is now in YOUR court, developers.
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