"Philipp Möller" writes:
> I'm new to BBDB and confused by which manual to use for which version.
> I currently use BBDB version 3.02 ($Date: 2011/10/10 18:04:34 $) and it
> seems there is no info manual included and the only manual I could find
> is at: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/bbdb.html and
Carson Chittom writes:
> "Philipp Möller" writes:
>
>> I'm new to BBDB and confused by which manual to use for which version.
>> I currently use BBDB version 3.02 ($Date: 2011/10/10 18:04:34 $) and it
>> seems there is no info manual included and the only manual I could find
>> is at: http://bbd
Philipp Moeller writes:
> Carson Chittom writes:
>
>> "Philipp Möller" writes:
>>
>>> I'm new to BBDB and confused by which manual to use for which version.
>>
>> From interactions on this list, it appears that most-to-all of the old
>> manual is invalid for BBDB3.
>
> So for now it is just loo
On Sun Nov 20 2011 Philipp Moeller wrote:
> So for now it is just looking at source and figuring things out.
I am sorry, the updates in BBDB v3 are still work in progress.
The code itself is already fairly mature by now, but the rest
(documentation and installation support) is stil lacking behind.
"Roland Winkler" writes:
> On Sun Nov 20 2011 Philipp Moeller wrote:
>> So for now it is just looking at source and figuring things out.
>
> I am sorry, the updates in BBDB v3 are still work in progress.
> The code itself is already fairly mature by now, but the rest
> (documentation and installa
On Mon Nov 21 2011 Christian Egli wrote:
> Where would I find the source of the manual, i.e. the texinfo file? The
> git repo doesn't seem to contain the manual. The best I was able to find
> was at sourceforge
> (http://bbdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bbdb/bbdb/texinfo/bbdb.texinfo?revision=1.59)
> Barak, do I remember right that you also installed the old BBDB
> code form sourceforge as a branch of the git repo on savannah?
> My knowledge about git is still somewhat limited. How can this old
> code be accessed on savannah?
There is a branch on the savannah repo called v2.x which holds the
> ... The goal is to make BBDB part of GNU Emacs, which requires that
> the copyright for all its code (from all contributors) gets assigned
> to the FSF.
I sent in the needed paperwork, and would encourage others to do so as
well. It is reasonably painless, and you get a free sticker, although
I
"Roland Winkler" writes:
> Part of the problem is also copyright-related. The goal is to make
> BBDB part of GNU Emacs, which requires that the copyright for all
> its code (from all contributors) gets assigned to the FSF. The older
> the code, the more difficult to find the authors and contribut
Christian Egli writes:
> I've looked at the old manual and have been a bit overwhelmed by the
> task. There is a lot of material there by quite a few people. I don't
> know how easy it would be to hunt down the authors and ask them for
> permission to re-license the content with (I presume) GFDL
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