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The Linux Software Map is getting better
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sat Dec 2 22:26:24 1995
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 00:45:11 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
From: Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi>
Subject: The Linux Software Map is getting better
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The previous release of the Linux Software Map is from 01JAN95. I
have today released a new version. I haven't, however, removed old
entries from this release, because I managed to break my lsmtool
program, which I wrote for the purpose. (I had to rewrite the
code that processes LSM entries for Sonny -- see below -- and haven't
had time to update lsmtool yet.)
The LSM Robot has also proved to be a useful idea. As you may recall,
it is a mail processor that automatically checks the syntax of LSM entries
and either accepts the entry and adds it to the database, or rejects
the entry and points out the errors. This makes it _a_lot_ easier for
me to update the LSM. All entries accepted by the Robot have been
incorporated into this release. (There are still a couple of hundred
unprocessed entries, mostly those that were in old formats or that
were mailed directly to me. I'll get these done for the next release.)
Unfortunately, the checking program that is at the core of the Robot
was initially written for my own personal use, so it wasn't very good
at communicating errors. [Hey, _I_ know what it means!]
Therefore, I've skimped a bit on sleeping and built [tadadadaaaa!]
The Son of the LSM Robot
Also known as Sonny.
Sonny has much better communication skills, and should make submitting
LSM entries a much more pleasant exercise. Sonny is already active,
and unless the procmail scripts have been broken by the upgrade, should
be working very well indeed. If you still have trouble with Sonny,
don't hesitate to mail me (at liw@iki.fi), and I'll spank him.
(The LSM Robot, Sonny's father, has retired and is spending his days
by trying to learn Finnish to improve his communication skills, with
a hesitant aim at getting back to work. Will we see a duel between
Sonny and his father? Only time will tell!)
The new LSM database is LSM.03DEC95.gz, the slightly improved instructions
are in LSM.03DEC95.README. Both have been uploaded to sunsite.unc.edu's
/pub/Linux/Incoming direcory. The README is also available from Sonny,
who is reachable at lsm@osf-alpha.cs.helsinki.fi.
I expect the various WWW interfaces and other similar stuff will catch
up with the new version pretty soon.
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Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cs.helsinki.fi> <wirzeniu@kruuna.helsinki.fi>
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