andrew illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> Hi,
>
> I have updated the tarball for the Ubuntu Forums installation guide
> for slrn to slrn-pre0.9.9-102:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=475246
>
> As usual I have added the updated manual and FAQs but no other
> patches.
>
> Andrew

What benefits do the patches give? I notice you have an mm suffix and
other users have an rt suffix. What do these signify?

To be honest, I'm quite happy with JED's svn version.

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"If this is gonna be that kinda party I'm gonna stick my dick in the
mashed potatoes"

On 2008-04-07, Moog wrote:
> andrew illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:

>> I have updated the tarball for the Ubuntu Forums installation guide
>> for slrn to slrn-pre0.9.9-102:
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=475246
>>
>> As usual I have added the updated manual and FAQs but no other
>> patches.

> What benefits do the patches give? I notice you have an mm suffix and
> other users have an rt suffix. What do these signify?

The mm suffix is Thomas Wiegner's minimal multipart patch that can be
found:

http://www.foory.de/thw/slrn/

It does some cosmetic work on posts that deliver text + extra baggage
and just shows the text. Not that commonly seen but there was a recent
run of it on an alpine NG which I gather gave Thomas the idea. If you
want to try it you will have to patch manually and for the perfect
finish adjust the following lines in the patch:

+--------------------------
Index: src/version.h
================================================== =================
--- src/version.h (revision 254)
+++ src/version.h (working copy)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/

-#define SLRN_VERSION_STRING "pre0.9.9-102"
^^^
+#define SLRN_VERSION_STRING "pre0.9.9-102/mm"
^^^^^^^
#define SLRN_VERSION 990

#ifndef SLRNPULL_CODE
+-----------------------

The rt suffix is Rudy Taraschi's colour scoring patch which allows you
to fine-tune your scoring in a big way:

http://www.taraschi.net/slrn

I have not used this but Troy is a big fan. The site has some
screenshots of the patch in action. Rudy is not only a great guy but
he uses Slackware as well :-)

> To be honest, I'm quite happy with JED's svn version.

Exactly! The patches are simply icing on the cake :-)

Andrew

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andrew illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> On 2008-04-07, Moog wrote:
>> andrew illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
>
>>> I have updated the tarball for the Ubuntu Forums installation guide
>>> for slrn to slrn-pre0.9.9-102:
>>>
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=475246
>>>
>>> As usual I have added the updated manual and FAQs but no other
>>> patches.
>
>> What benefits do the patches give? I notice you have an mm suffix and
>> other users have an rt suffix. What do these signify?
>
> The mm suffix is Thomas Wiegner's minimal multipart patch that can be
> found:
>
> http://www.foory.de/thw/slrn/
>
> It does some cosmetic work on posts that deliver text + extra baggage
> and just shows the text. Not that commonly seen but there was a recent
> run of it on an alpine NG which I gather gave Thomas the idea. If you
> want to try it you will have to patch manually and for the perfect
> finish adjust the following lines in the patch:
>
> +--------------------------
> Index: src/version.h
>================================================== =================
> --- src/version.h (revision 254)
> +++ src/version.h (working copy)
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
> 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
> */
>
> -#define SLRN_VERSION_STRING "pre0.9.9-102"
> ^^^
> +#define SLRN_VERSION_STRING "pre0.9.9-102/mm"
> ^^^^^^^
> #define SLRN_VERSION 990
>
> #ifndef SLRNPULL_CODE
> +-----------------------
>
> The rt suffix is Rudy Taraschi's colour scoring patch which allows you
> to fine-tune your scoring in a big way:
>
> http://www.taraschi.net/slrn
>
> I have not used this but Troy is a big fan. The site has some
> screenshots of the patch in action. Rudy is not only a great guy but
> he uses Slackware as well :-)
>
>> To be honest, I'm quite happy with JED's svn version.
>
> Exactly! The patches are simply icing on the cake :-)

I don't think I have any use for either ATM, Andrew.

Thanks for taking the time to give me the rundown though. It was much
appreciated.

--
Moog

"If this is gonna be that kinda party I'm gonna stick my dick in the
mashed potatoes"

On 2008-04-07, Moog wrote:
> andrew illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:

>> The mm suffix is Thomas Wiegner's minimal multipart patch that can be
>> found:
>>
>> http://www.foory.de/thw/slrn/
>>
>> It does some cosmetic work on posts that deliver text + extra baggage
>> and just shows the text. Not that commonly seen but there was a recent
>> run of it on an alpine NG which I gather gave Thomas the idea. If you
>> want to try it you will have to patch manually and for the perfect
>> finish adjust the following lines in the patch:

[...]

>> -#define SLRN_VERSION_STRING "pre0.9.9-102"
>> ^^^
>> +#define SLRN_VERSION_STRING "pre0.9.9-102/mm"

Oops. That was an older version of Thomas Wiegner's patch, this is no
longer required in minimal_multipart_0.9.9-87.patch.

Andrew

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