On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, Gilles Detillieux wrote:

> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 14:27:03 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Gilles Detillieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: "ht://Dig developers list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [htdig-dev] Re: Htdig 3.2.0 in Debian Sarge?
> 
> According to Lachlan Andrew:
> > How does the following sound:
> > 1. Target 3.2.0b6 for the end of May
> > 2. This will be basically a bug-fix / optimisation from 3.2.0b5
> > 3. It will include the following bug fixes from Joe's archive
> >    - config_parser.1
> 
> My one concern about config_parser.1 is that the conf_parser.cxx was
> previously built by Neal with a more recent version of bison than what
> I'm running.  I included my build so Joe and others could apply the
> patch, but I'm concerned that some stuff, e.g. Win32 compatibility,
> may have been lost in the process.  We could really use Neal's input
> at this point, and maybe a new build of this by him.
> 
> >    - cygwin.0
> >    - DESTDIR.0
> >    - exclude_perform.1
> 
> These are fine by me.  To answer your concerns about DESTDIR.0, it
> looks fine to me, as far as the installdir/Makefile.am is concerned.
> The derivative Makefiles would need to be built.  The idea behind DESTDIR
> is to support an alternate root directory at build-time (e.g. BuildRoot
> in RPM .spec files), so that the files are temporarily installed in a
> subdirectory, but eventually relocated back to the actual root directory.
> DESTDIR should never find its way into config files or shell scripts.
> I haven't checked for similar errors in other Makefiles yet (and we
> likely ought to) but that shouldn't hold up committing this one fix,
> the only one I think is needed for installdir.
> 
> >    - extension_filter.0  (already committed)
> >    - operator[].0        (already committed)
> >    - robots.0
> 
> robots.0 is already committed, albeit in a modified form.
> 
> >    - TMPFILE.0
> 
> The .spec file that TMPFILE.0 fixes could use a lot of other reworking,
> but it's not a critical file as far as the distribution is concerned,
> as most (all?) RPM packagers use their own anyway.  Having it as a good,
> reliable, and up-to-date example of how to do it wouldn't hurt, though.
> 
> >    - without-zlib.0      (already committed)
> > 4. We don't include  fileSpace,  since it isn't really a bug fix.
> 
> I'd personally vote to include this one.  Though not technically a bug
> fix, it is a simple fix for a problem that's bothered several users.
> It just needs a corresponding defaults.cc entry with docs.

I also vote to include fileSpace.1, which is fileSpace.0 plus the
corresponding defaults.cc, defaults.xml, and attrs.html entries.
I used Gilles' excellent comments in fileSpace.0:)

 ftp://ftp.ccsf.org/htdig-patches/3.2.0b5/fileSpace.1

Regards,

Joe
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> > 5. For those who want 3.1.6 functionality with minimal overhead,
> >    I suggest the attached patch, which adds a "store_phrases"
> >    attribute.  If that is false, the DB size is cut to 1/3 by
> >    storing only the first occurrence of each word in the text of
> >    a document.  (Keywords, links etc can still have reduncancy.)
> > 6. Before we put out 3.2.0b6, we run it past everybody who has
> >    commented on the speed of 3.2.0b5, to make sure that there are
> >    no configurations which cause it to be particularly slow (like
> >    having very many 'exclude's did).
> > 7. After that, we resume testing for 3.2.0rc1
> > 
> > Does that sound reasonable?
> 
> Works for me.  My only concern is the end of May deadline, as I can't
> personally offer much of my time these days.  You guys (especially you,
> Lachlan) seem to be well on track, though, so it strikes me as achievable
> with or without my help.
> 
> -- 
> Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
> Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3J7  (Canada)





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