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Re: [Groff] trouble with snapshot ftp site


From: Bernd Warken
Subject: Re: [Groff] trouble with snapshot ftp site
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 20:50:19 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.2.5i

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 05:09:50PM +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > 
> > Moreover the `Download' section links `Germany' and `USA' to
> > different layouts.  `USA' refers to the standard distributed groff
> > versions, while `Germany' is the developer ftp site.  This should be
> > made clearer.
> 
> Can you provide a patch?  The file is doc/webpage.ms (with slight
> modifications).
> 
There is a proposal for such a patch.

Bernd Warken


--- webpage.ms.orig     Sat Apr  5 20:37:02 2003
+++ webpage.ms  Sat Apr  5 20:29:57 2003
@@ -62,15 +62,26 @@
 .SH
 Download
 
+The source code of the currently released versions of groff is
+available at
 .URL "ftp://\:groff.ffii.org/\:pub/\:groff/"; Germany 
 |
-.URL "ftp://\:ftp.gnu.org/\:gnu/\:groff/"; USA 
+.URL "ftp://\:ftp.gnu.org/\:gnu/\:groff/"; USA .
+.
+The USA site also contains more old, obsolete versions.
+
+The most actual pre-release, development version is available from a
+CVS repository, see below.
+.
+A quite actual version of this can be loaded with FTP from
+.URL "ftp://\:groff.ffii.org/\:pub/\:groff/devel"; Development .
+
+For a special version of groff on the Microsoft operating systems, see
+.URL "http://\:gnuwin32.sf.net/\:packages/\:groffl.htm"; "Groff for Windows" 
 
 .URL http://\:www.gnu.org/\:copyleft/\:gpl.html License 
 |
 .URL http://\:ffii.org/\:mailman/\:listinfo/\:groff/ "Mailing list" 
-|
-.URL "http://\:gnuwin32.sf.net/\:packages/\:groffl.htm"; "Groff for Windows" 
 
 User issues lead:
 .MTO address@hidden:nessie.mcc.ac.uk "Ted Harding"
@@ -194,7 +205,9 @@
 (example:
 .MTO address@hidden:ffii.org address@hidden:ffii.org )
 with the word `subscribe' in either the
-subject or body of the e-mail (don't include the quotes).
+subject or body of the e-mail (don't include the quotes) or have a look
+at
+.URL http://\:ffii.org/\:mailman/\:listinfo/\:groff/ "Mailing list" .
 
 GNU groff was written by
 .MTO address@hidden:jclark.com "James Clark" .


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