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| author | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2020-06-21 13:13:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2020-06-21 13:13:47 +0200 |
| commit | 984917a62e512d9c96b5a9d37816d7d011d0cf75 (patch) | |
| tree | bd8c2cc523ec0e799f287c30207ab3c9e18b0aef | |
| parent | eb57a3315a837eff6f0e513ecdbd76824c5d6390 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | README.git | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fetchmail-FAQ.html | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | website/index.html | 4 |
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@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ In order to be able to build from the git repository (working directory), some files need to be (re-)generated. +The names of the branches are listed in the FAQ, section G2. + Note that these generated files will be shipped with "make dist", so the end user will not need these packages. @@ -28,4 +30,4 @@ $ make (become root) # make install-strip --- Matthias Andree, 2020-03-30 +-- Matthias Andree, 2020-06-21 diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 429eb1fe..4e75156e 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -344,6 +344,15 @@ may not be completely current.</p> <p>The fetchmail sources are also available in the Git repositories at <a href="https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail">https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail</a> and <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/git/">https://sourceforge.net/p/fetchmail/git/</a>.</p> +<p>Note the Git branches:</p> +<ul> + <li>legacy_63 (discontinued, unsupported old branch for 6.3.x releases)</li> + <li>legacy_64 (stable 6.4.x releases),</li> + <li>legacy_6x (near-future 6.5.x development),</li> + <li>next (mid-term future 7.x.x development)</li> +</ul> +<p>As of 2020-06-21, there no longer is a <em>master</em> branch. next was renamed to old-next, and <em>master</em> was renamed to <strong>next</strong>.</p> + <h2><a id="G3" name="G3">G3. Something does not work/I think I've found a bug. Will you fix it?</a></h2> <p>The first thing you should to is to upgrade to the newest version of diff --git a/website/index.html b/website/index.html index 271c2850..467c8151 100644 --- a/website/index.html +++ b/website/index.html @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" summary="Canned page header"> <tr> <td>Fetchmail</td> -<td align="right"><!-- update date -->2020-06-14</td> +<td align="right"><!-- update date -->2020-06-21</td> </tr> </table> </div> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ of known problems and requested features.</p> <p>The developers use <a href="https://git-scm.com/">Git</a> for revision control. To browse the repository or to get the latest development version, find the instructions at <a - href="https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail">https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail</a>.</p> + href="https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail">https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail</a>. The <a href="fetchmail-FAQ.html#G2">fetchmail FAQ in section G2 lists the widely-known and active branches.</a></p> <p>See the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/fetchmail/">project page</a> for more, including <a |