Linux Software Map Entry Template Release: 05SEP93 ============================================================================= Synopsis: The LSM is a directory of information about each of the software packages available via FTP for the Linux operating system. It is meant to be a public information resource. All entries have been entered by volunteers all over the world via email using the template below. New versions will appear first on sunsite.unc.edu and will be announced in the newsgroup comp.os.linux.announce . Discussions pertaining to the LSM will be held in the newsgroup comp.os.linux.help . Any questions or comments can be entered in comp.os.linux.help or sent to me directly at jeffk@msen.com . Instructions: Any new packages or updates to old entries should be entered in the template below and sent to jeffk@msen.com (Jeff Kopmanis). Each release of the LSM will have the current template as part of the package. Any changes to the template will be made and released there. *PLEASE* use the entry template below when submitting information. It has been designed so that all you have to do is fill in the blanks and send it in as is. Your entry will be read into the database directly from your email response with little if any hand manipulation. DO NOT RENAME FIELDS. DO NOT REMOVE THE BEGIN OR END MARKERS. Please pay attention to the field lengths listed to the left of the field names, as any text beyond that length will be truncated. If you use some of the new fields, be sure to use the newer Begin2 keyword to start your entry to save me a few headaches and file editing. Complete as many fields as possible. As of the 05SEP93 version, you don't need to keep blank fields around, but I strongly encourage developers to complete all the fields, as its more descriptive. Make any corrections that are necessary. The initial data came from a variety of sources, and is not at all assumed to be correct. Once you have completed the documentation as best as possible, email the modified version of this file to: jeffk@msen.com Thank you VERY much for your time and enthusiasm. Your contribution will help to ensure that the Linux Software Map will continue to be a trusted Linux resource. -Jeff. :) (jeffk@msen.com) (Jeffrey J. Kopmanis) ============================================================================ Changes in 05SEP93: No field lengths are needed in the actual template entry. I've got the lengths in the field description section of this document. You can leave fields out. If they're blank, leave 'em out. Expanded fields: 5 lines of descriptions, 4 lines of required, 2 lines of copypolicy, 4 comment lines, 3 lines of relatedfiles, 4 site/path/file/size groups. Site, Path, File and Size are now separate fields. Also, there are 4 possible site/path/file/size groups allowed. This should cover just about anything. Author and email have been split up. Entered and Enteredby have been split up. PkgName and Last3Rel are gone. Things that were 65 chars are now 80. In general, areas that didn't have enough space were expanded to hold what was coming in. ============================================================================= Descriptions of fields used in the LSM template ============================================================================= Field:len Description ----------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Title:40 Mumail 2.4Beta Version:25 2.4 Beta Desc1:80 Mumail is an X based stand alone mail reader with mime Desc2:80 support and digest exploding. This is the first release Desc3:80 by the new maintainer (dave_boyd@sterling.com). Desc4:80 Desc5:80 Author:65 Muhammad M. Saggaf AuthorEmail:40 Maintainer:65 David W. Boyd MaintEmail:40 dave_boyd@sterling.com Site1:30 sunsite.unc.edu Path1:50 /pub/Linux/X11/xapps File1:40 mumail-2.4b-src.tgz mumail-2.4b-bin.tgz FileSize1:size src - 240K bin - 85K Site2/Path2/File2/FileSize2 (same as first one) Site3/Path3/File3/FileSize3 (same as first one) Site4/Path4/File4/FileSize4 (same as first one) Required1:80 None Required2:80 Required3:80 Required4:80 CopyPolicy1:80 See the file 1-COPYING in the distribution CopyPolicy2:80 Keywords:80 mail X Comment1:80 This is a Beta Release of the software. I expect there Comment2:80 to be problems as I am still getting used to the software. Comment3:80 See the file 1-CHANGES for changes since the last release. Comment4:80 The Beta period will run approx 60 days. RelFiles1:80 The source code for some of the FWF widgets comes with RelFiles2:80 the source distribution. RelFiles3:80 Entered:12 04 Apr 1994 EnteredBy:30 David W. Boyd CheckedEmail:40 dave_boyd@sterling.com ============================================================================= NOTE: The example file below contains ALL AVAILABLE fields. You may delete any fields you do not use. -------------------------------- cut here ------------------------------------ Begin2 Title = Version = Desc1 = Desc2 = Desc3 = Desc4 = Desc5 = Author = AuthorEmail = Maintainer = MaintEmail = Site1 = Path1 = File1 = FileSize1 = Site2 = Path2 = File2 = FileSize2 = Site3 = Path3 = File3 = FileSize3 = Site4 = Path4 = File4 = FileSize4 = Required1 = Required2 = Required3 = Required4 = CopyPolicy1 = CopyPolicy2 = Keywords = Comment1 = Comment2 = Comment3 = Comment4 = RelFiles1 = RelFiles2 = RelFiles3 = Entered = EnteredBy = CheckedEmail = End