Re: dates of !Boot and !System within download

2014-02-13 Thread lists
In article <53d954c84abrian.jord...@btinternet.com>, Brian Jordan wrote: > I work on the assumption that if a merge-boot or merge-system is required > that NetSurf will let me know with an appropriate message. Me too. I only bother with the other stuff in the download if !NetSurf complains.

Re: dates of !Boot and !System within download

2014-02-13 Thread george greenfield
In message Jim Nagel wrote: > Brian Jordan wrote on 13 Feb: > >> In article <9b5f51d953@abbeypress.net>, >>Jim Nagel wrote: >>> Suggestion to the Netsurf team: > >>> Please, could you include an extra "Readme-date" file in the download >>> zipfile that would simply state in

Re: dates of !Boot and !System within download

2014-02-13 Thread Jim Nagel
Brian Jordan wrote on 13 Feb: > In article <9b5f51d953@abbeypress.net>, >Jim Nagel wrote: >> Suggestion to the Netsurf team: >> Please, could you include an extra "Readme-date" file in the download >> zipfile that would simply state in plain text the date of the last >> actual change an

Re: dates of !Boot and !System within download

2014-02-13 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:56:17PM +, Brian Jordan wrote: > I work on the assumption that if a merge-boot or merge-system is required > that NetSurf will let me know with an appropriate message. Otherwise I > just let NetSurf get on with it. Am I under vigilant or are you over > vigilant? It s

Re: dates of !Boot and !System within download

2014-02-13 Thread Brian Jordan
In article <9b5f51d953@abbeypress.net>, Jim Nagel wrote: [Snip] > Suggestion to the Netsurf team: > Please, could you include an extra "Readme-date" file in the download > zipfile that would simply state in plain text the date of the last > actual change and words to the effect that "I

dates of !Boot and !System within download

2014-02-13 Thread Jim Nagel
I have just downloaded the current development version, NetSurf-gcc-json-1718/zip and am in the throes of installing it on several machines here. Datestamps on the !Boot and !System folders and all their contents were lost again sometime before 2014-02-04 (possibly before 2013-04-25, which is