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authorAndreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org>1997-11-15 19:56:49 +0000
committerAndreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org>1997-11-15 19:56:49 +0000
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parentPatch didn't apply anymore because of changes in the Makefile. (diff)
Had problems to build Version 1.5.15 (latest snapshot of developement),
therefore only update to version 1.5 (-stable), although this is from april.
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-Harvest is an integrated set of tools to gather, extract, organize, search,
-cache, and replicate relevant information across the Internet. With modest
-effort users can tailor Harvest to digest information in many different
-formats, and offer custom search services on the Internet. Moreover, Harvest
-makes very efficient use of network traffic, remote servers, and disk space.
+This is Harvest Indexer version 1.5, an updated version of the Indexing Code
+originally developed by the Harvest project (http://harvest.transarc.com/).
-You can learn more about and experiment with Harvest starting with the
-Harvest Home Page at:
+As they are no longer developing the code this version contains many
+improvements and bug fixes over 1.4pl2, the last official release.
- http://harvest.cs.colorado.edu/
+If you are interested in contributing patches or ideas, please mail
+harvest@tardis.ed.ac.uk.
-Source code fixes will occasionally be made available in the Fixes/
-directory. Binary distributions will be rebuilt approximately every one
-to two months. We urge you to compile the source code if you want to
-incorporate fixes immediately.
+Information on new releases will be sent to the harvest-announce mailing
+list. To subscribe send mail to harvest-announce-request@tardis.ed.ac.uk
+containing the message "subscribe"
-The Harvest documentation is on-line, and is available via the Home Page.
-For further assistance, see http://harvest.cs.colorado.edu/support.html.
+Bug reports can be mailed to harvest-bugs@tardis.ed.ac.uk
+
+Documentation: Information on this version of the Harvest software
+is available from http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/harvest/