Re: MC win32 Port

[Franco Bez <franco bez web de>]

Am Samstag, 27. Oktober 2001 10:16 schrieb Pavel Roskin:
> Hi, Franco!
>
> > I read this, and I agree with You.
> > On reason why I myself thought that mc were dead is that a message like
> > "mc-4.5.xx is the last official MC version - mc's development
> > discontinued" went throu our German Newstickers (linux.de /
> > linux-magazin.de)
>
> I tried and could not find those articles.  I think it's a result of
> confusion between gmc (GNOME frontend) and GNU Midnight Commander (the
> whole project, which is abbreviated and MC, not as gmc).

I looked - and could not find those Articles. Strange enough, I remember 
reading them. Only, it might have also been (only) some misleading text on 
the GNOME homepage, or even on the old MC-hompage. 
The old MC-hompage (www.gnome.org/mc/) indeed was broken - I remember that 
links to mc's source did no longer work, and the whole thing made a rather 
abandonned impression.

> The development of gmc is indeed discontinued.  The development of mc is
> not.  If you find the links I'll explain them that they are wrong.

I already made a little "MC's not dead" message for the German Linux-Magazin, 
we'll see if they'll forward it.

> I'll also consider adding some exlanation to the MC homepage if the
> articles are indeed misleading.  It's very unfortunate that uninformed
> "Newstickers" are harming our project.

I can not find any proof - maybe my personal memory is broken. ( am I getting 
old?)

> > > Please use the mailing list for MC related-messages.  You can find the
> > > mailing list information at http://www.midnightcommander.org/
>
> Fine.  You must have seen my disclaimer about forwarding personal e-mail
> to the mailing list.  There is nothing private in this discussion.  Other
> people should have a chance to comment.

Agreed


Ciao,
  Franco