Re: [PATCH] Replace project contact email with bzip2-devel@sourceware.org.

[Julian Seward <jseward@acm.org>]

Hi Mark,

That's all absolutely fine.  Please do update as per your patch.

J

On 11/07/2019 20:03, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> Hi Julian,
> 
> As discussed on irc this updates the contact information to the
> community mailinglist instead of it all going to you personally.
> I'll update the website and generated manual too. I'll also remove
> this paragraph from the website:
> 
>      If you can be bothered, please
>      <a href="mailto:jseward@acm.org">email me</a> to say you've got a
>      copy.  It's nice to know where this stuff gets to.
> 
> Unless you want to keep that.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark
> 
> Keep Julian's email as author information, but redirect general
> project feedback in the code and manual to the community mailinglist.
> ---
>   README       | 4 ++--
>   bzip2.c      | 8 ++++----
>   bzlib.c      | 4 ++--
>   entities.xml | 3 ++-
>   manual.xml   | 8 ++++----
>   5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 64873f9..42543d1 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ WHAT'S NEW IN 1.0.x ?
>   
>      See the CHANGES file.
>   
> -I hope you find bzip2 useful.  Feel free to contact me at
> -   jseward@acm.org
> +I hope you find bzip2 useful.  Feel free to contact the developers at
> +   bzip2-devel@sourceware.org
>   if you have any suggestions or queries.  Many people mailed me with
>   comments, suggestions and patches after the releases of bzip-0.15,
>   bzip-0.21, and bzip2 versions 0.1pl2, 0.9.0, 0.9.5, 1.0.0, 1.0.1,
> diff --git a/bzip2.c b/bzip2.c
> index 76c6c94..01a41d2 100644
> --- a/bzip2.c
> +++ b/bzip2.c
> @@ -748,8 +748,8 @@ void panic ( const Char* s )
>      fprintf ( stderr,
>                "\n%s: PANIC -- internal consistency error:\n"
>                "\t%s\n"
> -             "\tThis is a BUG.  Please report it to me at:\n"
> -             "\tjseward@acm.org\n",
> +             "\tThis is a BUG.  Please report it to:\n"
> +             "\tbzip2-devel@sourceware.org\n",
>                progName, s );
>      showFileNames();
>      cleanUpAndFail( 3 );
> @@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ void mySIGSEGVorSIGBUScatcher ( IntNative n )
>         "   The user's manual, Section 4.3, has more info on (1) and (2).\n"
>         "   \n"
>         "   If you suspect this is a bug in bzip2, or are unsure about (1)\n"
> -      "   or (2), feel free to report it to me at: jseward@acm.org.\n"
> +      "   or (2), feel free to report it to: bzip2-devel@sourceware.org.\n"
>         "   Section 4.3 of the user's manual describes the info a useful\n"
>         "   bug report should have.  If the manual is available on your\n"
>         "   system, please try and read it before mailing me.  If you don't\n"
> @@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ void mySIGSEGVorSIGBUScatcher ( IntNative n )
>         "   The user's manual, Section 4.3, has more info on (2) and (3).\n"
>         "   \n"
>         "   If you suspect this is a bug in bzip2, or are unsure about (2)\n"
> -      "   or (3), feel free to report it to me at: jseward@acm.org.\n"
> +      "   or (3), feel free to report it to: bzip2-devel@sourceware.org.\n"
>         "   Section 4.3 of the user's manual describes the info a useful\n"
>         "   bug report should have.  If the manual is available on your\n"
>         "   system, please try and read it before mailing me.  If you don't\n"
> diff --git a/bzlib.c b/bzlib.c
> index f9da295..2dbe666 100644
> --- a/bzlib.c
> +++ b/bzlib.c
> @@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ void BZ2_bz__AssertH__fail ( int errcode )
>      fprintf(stderr,
>         "\n\nbzip2/libbzip2: internal error number %d.\n"
>         "This is a bug in bzip2/libbzip2, %s.\n"
> -      "Please report it to me at: jseward@acm.org.  If this happened\n"
> +      "Please report it to: bzip2-devel@sourceware.org.  If this happened\n"
>         "when you were using some program which uses libbzip2 as a\n"
>         "component, you should also report this bug to the author(s)\n"
>         "of that program.  Please make an effort to report this bug;\n"
>         "timely and accurate bug reports eventually lead to higher\n"
> -      "quality software.  Thanks.  Julian Seward, 10 December 2007.\n\n",
> +      "quality software.  Thanks.\n\n",
>         errcode,
>         BZ2_bzlibVersion()
>      );
> diff --git a/entities.xml b/entities.xml
> index 3016674..a415062 100644
> --- a/entities.xml
> +++ b/entities.xml
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>   <!-- misc. strings -->
>   <!ENTITY bz-url "https://sourceware.org/bzip2/">
> -<!ENTITY bz-email "jseward@acm.org">
> +<!ENTITY bz-author "jseward@acm.org">
> +<!ENTITY bz-email "bzip2-devel@sourceware.org">
>   <!ENTITY bz-lifespan "1996-2010">
>   
>   <!ENTITY bz-version "1.0.7">
> diff --git a/manual.xml b/manual.xml
> index b177bbf..b99e480 100644
> --- a/manual.xml
> +++ b/manual.xml
> @@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ unsigned 64-bit integer.</para>
>   <title>AUTHOR</title>
>   
>   <para>Julian Seward,
> -<computeroutput>&bz-email;</computeroutput></para>
> +<computeroutput>&bz-author;</computeroutput></para>
>   
>   <para>The ideas embodied in
>   <computeroutput>bzip2</computeroutput> are due to (at least) the
> @@ -2487,12 +2487,12 @@ message:</para>
>   <blockquote>
>   <para>bzip2/libbzip2: internal error number N.</para>
>   <para>This is a bug in bzip2/libbzip2, &bz-version; of &bz-date;.
> -Please report it to me at: &bz-email;.  If this happened
> +Please report it to: &bz-email;.  If this happened
>   when you were using some program which uses libbzip2 as a
>   component, you should also report this bug to the author(s)
>   of that program.  Please make an effort to report this bug;
>   timely and accurate bug reports eventually lead to higher
> -quality software.  Thanks.  Julian Seward, &bz-date;.
> +quality software.  Thanks.
>   </para></blockquote>
>   
>   <para>where <computeroutput>N</computeroutput> is some error code
> @@ -2537,7 +2537,7 @@ recovered from.</para>
>   <para>Everything related to Windows has been contributed by
>   Yoshioka Tsuneo
>   (<computeroutput>tsuneo@rr.iij4u.or.jp</computeroutput>), so
> -you should send your queries to him (but perhaps Cc: me,
> +you should send your queries to him (but please Cc:
>   <computeroutput>&bz-email;</computeroutput>).</para>
>   
>   <para>My vague understanding of what to do is: using Visual C++
>