Subj : Husky maintenance release of hpt and fidoconfig
To   : All
From : Tobias Ernst
Date : Thu Jan 04 2001 03:41 am

Hello world!

The Husky project provides free and portable fidonet software for Linux, OS/2, 
Windows and other platforms. Today we announce the following:

- maintainance (bugfix) re-release of fidoconfig 0.10c and hpt 0.9.7d

The maintainance re-releases (available in source and as binaries for OS/2
and Win32) of the tosser hpt, the ticker htick and the Squish/Jam/MSG message
base packer and purger sqpack, as well as of the accompanying libraries, are 
made from the stable development branch and ONLY contain bug fixes, but nearly 
no new features. This means you can easily replace the old verisons with the 
new ones, but it also means you won't get many new features or big behaviour 
changes. This does not mean that no new features have been developed, it just 
means they are not included in this maintenance release. This maintenance 
release mainly includes:

- A bug fix for hpt's areafix auto-adding "EchoArea" statements to your
  fidoconfig file which later cannot be parsed, so that on the next run hpt
  will refuse to work.
- Miscellaneous other bug fixes (see the ChangeLog files for more information).

ATTENTION: Source code users must first install the new fidoconfig before
compiling the new hpt for the bugfix to work. On the other hand, binary users
don't need a new fidoconfig package at all.

The following files have been refreshed:

MAGIC    FILE                      CONTENTS                DESCRIPTION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source Code:
FIDOCONF fidoconf-0.10c-src.tar.gz fidoconfig 0.10c-stable Fidoconfig. REQUIRED
HPT      hpt-0.9.7d-src.tar.gz     hpt 0.9.7d-stable       Tosser
OS/2 Binaries:
HPTO     hpt-0.9.7d-os2.zip        hpt 0.9.7d-stable       Tosser
Win32 Binaries:
HPTW     hpt-0.9.7d-win.zip        hpt 0.9.7d-stable       Tosser

The following stable releases are also available, but have not been updated:

Source Code:
HUSKYBSE huskybse-0.1b-src.tar.gz  huskybse 0.1b-stable    Base Pkg. REQUIRED.
SMAPI    smapi-1.6.4b-src.tar.gz   smapi 1.6.4b-stable     Squish API. REQUIRED
NLTOOLS  nltools-1.1a-src.tar.gz   nltools 1.1a-stable     Nodelist Updater
DPOLLSRC diskpoll-0.1.3-src.tar.gz diskpoll 0.1.3-stable   LAN FTN mailer
SQPACK   sqpack-1.1.0b-src.tar.gz  sqpack 1.1.0b-stable    Purger / Packer
HTICK    htick-0.9a-src.tar.gz     htick 0.9a-stable       Husky Ticker.
EMAILPKT emailpkt-0.1-src.tar.gz   emailpkt 0.1-stable     MIME/UUE FTN mailer
OS/2 Binaries:
FCONFO   fidoconf-0.10b-os2.zip    fidoconfig 0.10b-stable Fidoconfig. REQUIRED
NLTOOLO  nltools-1.1a-os2.zip      nltools 1.1a-stable     Nodelist Updater
DISKPOLL dpoll013.zip              diskpoll 0.1.3          LAN FTN mailer
HTICKO   htick-0.9a-os2.zip        htick 0.9a-stable       Ticker
SQPACKO  sqpack-1.1.0b-os2.zip     sqpack-1.1.0b-stable    Purger
Win32 Binaries:
FCONFW   fidoconf-0.10b-win.zip    fidoconfig 0.10b-stable Fidoconfig. REQUIRED
NLTOOLW  nltools-1.1a-win32.zip    nltools 1.1a-stable     Nodelist Updater
DISKPOLL dpoll013.zip              diskpoll 0.1.3          LAN FTN mailer
HTICKW   htick-0.9a-win.zip        htick 0.9a-stable       Ticker
SQPACKW  sqpack-1.1.0b-win.zip     sqpack-1.1.0b-stable    Purger

Note that while we only provide binaries for OS/2 and Win32 presently, Husky 
can very easily be compiled on other platforms like Linux, FreeBSD, Tru64 Unix, 
BeOS and even DOS (with DJGPP).

Places for downloading:
  - Fido F'req (magic or file name) at 2:2476/418 (X.75 / V.90 / V.34 24/7)
    If you have trouble with the I-Modem at this number, you can use the
    alternate unlisted phone number +49 711 8700337 instead to get an E-Link.
  - The Husky Homepage at http://husky.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de

Installation instructions:
  - From source: file INSTALL in the Huskybse package. DO READ THIS FILE.
  - Binary packages: do read the README.* files in the packages!

If you have questions or encounter problems, DO NOT directly mail the Husky 
authors. Please post your questions to one of the following support 
conferences. This ensures that you get the fastest and best responses to your 
questions.

  - FIDOSOFT.HUSKY (International Husky Support Conference)
  - RU.HUSKY       (Russian Husky Support Conference)
  - LINUX.FIDO.GER (German Echo where Husky is on-topic)
  - The Husky mailing list which is crossgated with fidosoft.husky.
    See the Husky homepage for information on how to subscribe to the
    mailing list.

If you have trouble getting those conferences, you may write to 2:2476/419 and 
request a binkp link.

Thank you very much for your trust and support - The Husky Team.

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