Re: New package: gv-3.5.8-1

[Alan Hourihane <alanh at fairlite dot demon dot co dot uk>]

Can these announce messages, be left to the cygwin-announce-xfree... lists.

That's what they are there for, and refrain from cross posting this stuff.

Alan.

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 05:24:33PM +0100, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
> The gv-3.5.8-1 package has been added to the Cygwin distribution.
> 
>  o http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~plass/gv/
> 
> Description:
> 
> `gv' is a comfortable viewer of PostScript and PDF files for the X Window System.
> It uses the `ghostscript' PostScript(tm) interpreter and is based on the classic X front-end
> for `gs', `ghostview'. It is more comfortable and more powerful than `ghostview'.
> 
> --
> 
> Volker Zell
> 
> To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
> the http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your
> system.  Once you've downloaded setup.exe, run it and select "XFree86"
> and then click on the appropriate field until the above announced
> version number appears if it is not displayed already.
> 
> Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't
> allowed due to bandwidth limitations.  This means that you will need
> to find a mirror which has this update.
> 
> In the US, ftp://archive.progeny.com/cygwin/
> is a reliable high bandwidth connection.
> 
> In Japan, ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/gnu/gnu-win32/ is usually
> up-to-date.
> 
> In DK, http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cygwin/ is usually up-to-date.
> 
> If one of the above doesn't have the latest version of this package
> you can either wait for the site to be updated or find another
> mirror.
> 
> Please  send questions or comments to the Cygwin/XFree86 mailing list at:
> cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com .  If you want to subscribe go to:
> http://cygwin.com/lists.html I would appreciate if you would use
> this mailing list rather than emailing me directly.  This includes
> ideas and comments about the setup utility or Cygwin/XFree86 in general.
> 
> If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin/XFree86 mailing
> list is the appropriate place.