Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/04/21/03:27:09
All the content changes look great however. If you can clean up the
space to tab conversion, I'm happy for this to go in. However as it's a
change to the standard...
Any objections from any contributor?
Rob (see below for the tab occurences)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
To: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
Cc: <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: strange source packaging?
> > Can we get a diff for the HTML page?
>
> Okay....
Thanks...
> -standard Cygwin setup program. This documents the syntax of the
> +standard Cygwin setup program. This documents the syntax of the
This change (not eye-visible) is wrong - Tabs have no meaning in HTML.
Mind you double spaces don't mean all that much either :}. However Tabs
are definately wrong.
> -on certain conventions being followed. If they are not followed, bad
> +on certain conventions being followed. If they are not followed, bad
Ditto.
> -<p>Source tar files are named "package-version-src.tar.bz2". Source
tar files
> -should contain the source files needed to rebuild the package. While
> +<p>Source tar files are named "package-version-release-src.tar.bz2".
Source tar files
> +should contain the source files needed to rebuild the package. While
Ditto for the second line. (What editor are you using?)
> -the introducing field. This usage is allowed but deprecated. Please
> +the introducing field. This usage is allowed but deprecated. Please
And again..
> -different from the name of the directory in which the package
resides. This
> +different from the name of the directory in which the package
resides. This
And... here.
> -<tt>prev</tt>. Otherwise, the <b>only</b> version that setup.exe
will
> +<tt>prev</tt>. Otherwise, the <b>only</b> version that setup.exe will
Guess what.. :}.
> -above. Uses arrow keys for positioning over moles. Space
> +above. Uses arrow keys for positioning over moles. Space
I've included all these for completeness, not to be a pain. They need to
get fixed before committing.
> -word. We don't anticipate that this will change anytime soon.
However,
> +word. We don't anticipate that this will change anytime soon.
However,
Another.
> -This line follows the setup-timestamp in all setupl.ini files. It
> +This line follows the setup-timestamp in all setupl.ini files. It
Guess what.
> -This is the "long description" of the package. This text, if
> +This is the "long description" of the package. This text, if
And...
> -One package can belong to multiple categories. Multiple categories
are
> +One package can belong to multiple categories. Multiple categories
are
Some more.
> -The requires line indicates the packages that this package belongs
to. A
> -package can rely on multiple packages. Multiple packages are
separated
> +The requires line indicates the packages that this package belongs
to. A
> +package can rely on multiple packages. Multiple packages are
separated
Hmm.. :}
> -run is not guaranteed. Therefore, if your package depends on others
> +run is not guaranteed. Therefore, if your package depends on others
Finally <whew>
Rob
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