Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Robert Collins
- Original Message - From: "Charles Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I can't imagine how it would benefit the user or the contributor to make > > figlet harder to install than normal. > > However, I see a slight contradiction in the way we're handling new > packages right now. We won't up

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Christopher Faylor wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:52:12PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: > >But Robert is right -- it's new, it's (relatively) untested; it needs to > >be a test release. Let's not talk about the restructured auto* > >packages... > > But when have we ever done this? AFAICT

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:52:12PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: >But Robert is right -- it's new, it's (relatively) untested; it needs to >be a test release. Let's not talk about the restructured auto* >packages... But when have we ever done this? AFAICT, there isn't a single package in latest/

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Robert Collins
- Original Message - From: "Ebrey, Carl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yes, I think I might go out on a limb here and say that setup.html isn't > overly clear about some things. I found certain things tricky to get my > head around and my friend, who would call himself a relative newbie to all >

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Charles Wilson
Robert Collins wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Corinna Vinschen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Anyway, everything's fine now. I have uploaded figlet to cygwin.com. > > > > Oh, I have removed the `test' marker from setup.hint since it's > > not necessary here (methinks). It's just

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Robert Collins
- Original Message - From: "Corinna Vinschen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Anyway, everything's fine now. I have uploaded figlet to cygwin.com. > > Oh, I have removed the `test' marker from setup.hint since it's > not necessary here (methinks). It's just the first version of > that package, t

RE: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Ebrey, Carl
-Original Message- From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 5:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FIGlet (again) > Um, the sdesc is still incorrect. Look at the sdescs at > http://cygwin.com/packages/. You should see what I me

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Christopher Faylor
[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >>Subject: Re: FIGlet (again) >> >>>I just downloaded them again but for some reason nothing has changed. >>>Are you sure you've uploaded the correct files??? >> >>EEK! Erm, I'll just check >> >>I've

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:21:16PM -, Ebrey, Carl wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Corinna Vinschen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 4:14 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: FIGlet (again) > > > > I ju

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
"Ebrey, Carl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > === > Information in this email and any attachments are confidential, and may > not be copied or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor disclosed > to any third party without our

RE: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Ebrey, Carl
-Original Message- From: Corinna Vinschen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 4:16 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: FIGlet (again) > Hey! What a question! Sure we are really happy to get any help. > Documentation is some of the stuff

RE: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Ebrey, Carl
-Original Message- From: Corinna Vinschen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 4:14 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: FIGlet (again) > I just downloaded them again but for some reason nothing has changed. > Are you sure you've uploa

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:05:26PM -, Ebrey, Carl wrote: > I'm a bit busy at the moment with work and with personal projects but I'm > happy to offer to reword some (all?) of that page in the future if you want. > Would this be welcome, or am I being too forthcoming now? :) Hey! What a quest

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 03:25:11PM -, Ebrey, Carl wrote: > Hi Corinna, > > I've changed the packages and updated the website. Binaries are now in > /usr/bin and the figletfonts are in /usr/share. Source is relative to the > current dir (no /usr/src prefix). I just downloaded them again but

RE: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Ebrey, Carl
-Original Message- From: Corinna Vinschen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 3:49 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: FIGlet (again) > Probably. It means that the sources are unpacked into the /usr/src > dir. If your package dir is cal

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 03:25:11PM -, Ebrey, Carl wrote: > Hi Corinna, > > I've changed the packages and updated the website. Binaries are now in > /usr/bin and the figletfonts are in /usr/share. Source is relative to the > current dir (no /usr/src prefix). > > Don't worry about being nitp

RE: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Ebrey, Carl
dnesday, December 12, 2001 2:17 PM To: Ebrey, Carl Cc: cygapp Subject: Re: FIGlet (again) On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:32:16AM -, Ebrey, Carl wrote: > Hi again everyone, > > I was wondering if anyone has had chance to look at the package I put up at > http://straylight.eu.org/~carl/f

Re: FIGlet (again)

2001-12-12 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:32:16AM -, Ebrey, Carl wrote: > Hi again everyone, > > I was wondering if anyone has had chance to look at the package I put up at > http://straylight.eu.org/~carl/figlet/ to see if it was suitably done for > inclusion in Cygwin. I've had another look at http://cyg