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From: <joe...@ol...> - 2005-08-22 09:39:27
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J=F6rg Preisend=F6rfer | http://www.olivfabric.de Surendra wrote: > [4] Change the title 'Documents' to 'Documentation. The title of the 'Documents' tab reflects the concept that other documents besides documentation may also be made available there. ( J=F6rg ) |
From: <EFu...@ne...> - 2005-08-21 17:58:39
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Hello, [1]Please change the license on main page to wxWindows license: http://www.wxwidgets.org/newlicen.htm [2]I have changed the style of making announcement, so you might want to change the content on the front page. The changed announcement is checked into the cvs. You can access it using sourceforge cvs-web view [3]Please add the news of announcement of wxCL 1.1.0 [4]Change the title 'Documents' to 'Documentation. [5]I feel the 'Contact' page can have more action oriented style, where you can have a group called mailing list containing the names of all the mailing list and links and a brief decription, and a group called Newsgroups containing information on gmane address of the list. You can also mention that it is a good idea to search the list before asking questions. The place to search the list is: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.wxcl.devel [6]I am testing things now, I will make the release announcement sometime later. Thanks for you time. -- Surendra Singhi http://www.public.asu.edu/~sksinghi/index.html __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp |
From: <joe...@ol...> - 2005-08-21 00:32:21
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J=F6rg Preisend=F6rfer | http://www.olivfabric.de Surendra wrote: > can we get email accounts under say 'email-account`@wxcl.org? To get an eMail account (at wxcl-project.org) send me the desired mailbox name. You'll receive access information for the usual protocols and the webmail interface, where you can also configure your box as a forwarder. ( J=F6rg ) |
From: <EFu...@ne...> - 2005-08-18 18:35:27
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Hello, I have a request, can we get email accounts under say 'email-account`@wxcl.org? Thanks. -- Surendra Singhi http://www.public.asu.edu/~sksinghi/index.html __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp |
From: <EFu...@ne...> - 2005-08-18 18:34:49
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Hello, Please put the Quick start guide (in doc in cvs, index.html) on the website (under documentation link). Also, you are using linux, so if you have any success in using Albert please let us know. Thanks. -- Surendra Singhi http://www.public.asu.edu/~sksinghi/index.html __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp |
From: <joe...@ol...> - 2005-08-14 23:00:12
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J=F6rg Preisend=F6rfer | http://www.olivfabric.de Surendra, I'm off now until about 0700 UTC 2005-08-15. The next opportunity for me to publish the final website content for rel. 1.0.0 is between 1000 and 1100 UTC 2005-08-15. I adjusted the website's news timeline for UTC, so the release date for 1.0.0 now is 2005-08-15. Site preview updated. Good night and good luck. ( J=F6rg ) |
From: <joe...@ol...> - 2005-08-14 19:46:17
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J=F6rg Preisend=F6rfer | http://www.olivfabric.de Surendra, For the website: Can the screenshots count as made from rel. 1.0.0 software? [Y/N] The license link on the site will lead to http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php (not yet reflected in preview) The site preview was updated. Cheers ( J=F6rg ) |
From: <joe...@ol...> - 2005-08-13 19:56:41
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J=F6rg Preisend=F6rfer | http://www.olivfabric.de Surendra wrote: > The way I think it is, > that every new language added, bump up the > first number by 1. So, only clisp then 1.*.* series. > Supports GCL then 2.*.* series, and so on. Nice. > For major and stable release, we bump the > second number by 1, and the third number is 0. > For minor and development releases, > the third number is increased by 1. OK. ( J=F6rg ) |
From: <EFu...@ne...> - 2005-08-13 19:25:42
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joe...@ol... wrote: >I need to know in some advance: > >- Are you going to release via the SF File Release Service? Yes. >- If not, what links for which protocols (HTTP, FTP, ...) will you need? See, above. >- Which compressions do you / we intend to provide? Zip and tar.gz > >IMO at least one of BZIP2 or RAR should be available, but RAR will in >general be more friendly to MS Win users? > Zip will do. >For the future: will users of pre-MacOS-X need StuffIt-Archives? I'm not >sure on that point. (Errr, I'm not even aware if wxWidgets was available >for pre-MacOS-X.) > I don't know. We will see. >- What is the intended release time (in GMT)? Not decided, somewhere around 06:30 Monday, GMT. -- Surendra Singhi http://www.public.asu.edu/~sksinghi/index.html __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp |
From: <joe...@ol...> - 2005-08-13 00:11:22
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Surendra, see your private mail for a preview link of the new "download" tab (and check back, it will get several updates before release date). I need to know in some advance: - Are you going to release via the SF File Release Service? - If not, what links for which protocols (HTTP, FTP, ...) will you need? - Which compressions do you / we intend to provide? IMO at least one of BZIP2 or RAR should be available, but RAR will in general be more friendly to MS Win users? For the future: will users of pre-MacOS-X need StuffIt-Archives? I'm not sure on that point. (Errr, I'm not even aware if wxWidgets was available for pre-MacOS-X.) If you provide a certain compression archive, I can of course transform it to other compressions and release them at SF but if you're going to place the download files on servers with SSH shells, I will not be able to place the archives there on the intended release day (no access via SSH connection available to me at that weekday). - What is the intended release time (in GMT)? ( J=F6rg ) |
From: <EFu...@ne...> - 2005-08-12 23:26:36
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> Also, you are, I am sure, aware that by far the most open source project > take a much more conservative approach to version numbering. So how about > V0.1.something? (Is it deemed stable or not, by the way?) > Can we devise or adopt a numbering scheme for releases? Suggestions? > Opinions? The way I think it is, that every new language added, bump up the first number by 1. So, only clisp then 1.*.* series. Supports GCL then 2.*.* series, and so on. For major and stable release, we bump the second number by 1, and the third number is 0. For minor and development releases, the third number is increased by 1. Also, although it has not been tested on other platforms, there should not be any problems. -- Surendra Singhi http://www.public.asu.edu/~sksinghi/index.html __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp |
From: <joe...@ol...> - 2005-08-12 15:38:05
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J=F6rg Preisend=F6rfer | http://www.olivfabric.de Surendra, for an upcoming release, 1) IMO you should make it go under some version of the GPL if you prefer that over BSD. > And it is the same reason, I did this investigation on licensing issue, > because I believe in true freedom; freedom to do anything and not a > restricted version of freedom. Also IMO, refering to concepts like "true freedom" here is not helpful in any way to answer the questions at hand: Are open source projects that use licenses other than GPL a severe thread to freedom? Surely not. Does it mean the (family of) GPL is a holy grail? Surely not -- the mere fact that several versions of the PGL exist proofs that things can be re-evaluated and improved after some time of experience. (If the BSD license is an improvement of the GPL is admittedly a different story.) 2) IMO the release should not have the version number 1.0.0 because it does not yet fulfill 2 main project objectives: It is not "common" in the sense that it supports more than a single CL implementation, and it is not yet tested on another platform than MS Windows (as you admit in the text you suggest offline for the announcement). I do not mean to diminish your achievement, but it is a "wCLISP" release at the moment. The release number should reflect this fact. Also, you are, I am sure, aware that by far the most open source project take a much more conservative approach to version numbering. So how about V0.1.something? (Is it deemed stable or not, by the way?) Can we devise or adopt a numbering scheme for releases? Suggestions? Opinions? 3) I'll arrange for some kind of RDF footage, but it may not be up sooner than the last moment before release. 4) I'll of course do translations of whatever wording of the announcement we arrive at. 5) I'll change the "currently cooking" node of the webpage ( http://www.wxcl-project.org#currently-cooking ) to reflect the release. (I'll create new CVS module for the page content and check-in the XHTML sources (for now), but not before next week.) 6) I'll approach J=F6rg-Cyril to come to a clearer exegesis of the CLISP license with regard to the FFI. Your thoughts? ( J=F6rg ) |
From: <joe...@ol...> - 2005-08-12 15:27:26
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J=F6rg Preisend=F6rfer | http://www.olivfabric.de Hi, this mailing list is intended for addressing and discussing administrative and strategic topics concerning wxCL but not closely related to its source code. I ask everyone who so far tried to discuss these topics with me on my private eMail address to stear clear of such attempts from now on: If Open Source licenses are about freedom of thought and science, than I assume they are also about freedom of information. Thus, in general don't try to lock-up with administrative issues in a closed room and let other (possibly without source code merits so far or in future) participate. I admit, however, that things like the wording or style of announcements may not be suitably discussed in front of public audience. In such cases I would at least like to see a note on this mailing list stating that something is going on behind the scenes and which developers or project members are involved and can be approached. Thanks indeed ( J=F6rg ) |