On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 13:25 -0400, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> Paul Winkler wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 05:19:30PM +0100, Jonny Stutters wrote:
> >>I've uploaded a copy of specimen-0.4.5.tar.gz (the most recent on my
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> >>http://jeremah.co.uk/downloads/linux/specimen/specimen-0.4.5.tar.gz
> >>I'm happy to host for the foreseeable future. If anyone's got a more
> >>recent copy let me know and I'll get that up as well.
> > Great!
> > I found a copy of 0.5.1 on my drive. Email me privately if you want it.
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> umm ... the download just worked for me ...
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> That said, I agreed a while back to maintain the project after Pete
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> Pete resurfaced as a zombie and promptly went over to the dark side, I
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> I fully intend to have a new home for specimen shortly after the
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> http://zhevny.com/specimen/files/
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> tarball, rpm and src rpm are there.
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> I will maintain this location as the home of specimen files, so
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> My sincere apologies for not taking steps sooner.
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> -Eric Rz.
Wouldn't it make sense to put this up at SourceForge or Savannah and
have any developers who wish to help maintain or improve it sign on to
the project? SourceForge is pretty reliable, and I don't see it going
down any time soon, and everything is in place already.. Just a thought.
Dana
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