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Article: 13069 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fred smith <fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
Subject: Re: C-Kermit 8.0 files/installation?
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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 03:30:58 GMT
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Frank da Cruz <fdc@columbia.edu> wrote:
> I'm still in a quandary about how to package C-Kermit 8.0.
> Previously it came with all sorts of .ini, .txt, and other files,
> which few people wanted or knew what to do with.
I've always had a couple of issues with the way C-Kermit is distributed:
1.) all the files in one big directory. Breaking them up in to a few
subdirectories would make a lot more sense (someone else in this thread
mentioned VAX-isms, is this perhaps what he was referring to?). E.g.,
the top level might have the makefile and sources, a subdir for docs,
another subdir for ini files/samples, another subdir for scripting
examples/tools, etc.
Or another possibility would be to have a top-level directory containing
ONLY instructions for how to build and maybe a manifest of what the
other things in the package are, then have everything else including
sources in its own subdirectory, as above. This way it may be easier to
find your way around.
2. The filenames, especially for the human-readable files, are weird and
anything but understandable to someone who isn't in the know (hence the
suggestion above for a 'manifest'). I understand we're trying to fit
into brain-damaged filesystems that only support short names, but....
I don't mind the size of the archive, it's not that awfully big as source
packages go these days. True, it won't fit onto one floppy, but I doubt
it would even if all the "fluff" was removed.
Fred
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