Re: is pilotmgr still being worked on?

[Steven W Orr <steveo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am running 5.004 and have also tried 5.003 and 5.005. No go.

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Steven W. Orr      steveo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx     <site of former bang addr:-)>
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On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Tim wrote:

=>Steve, I am new to this list so I apologize for the reply list if it is incorrect.
=>I have Sun's and Linux. As you said Pilot Manager has not been 
=>worked on for awhile and it is not currently working for Linux. At 
=>least not the version for Perl 5.003. The distribution site  (Under 
=>Linux Perl 5.003) has TK 5.002 in the ftp location where they 
=>should have 5.003. I have not tried it yet but perhaps the 5.004 
=>versions are all correct. You need to upgrade to Perl 5.004 before 
=>you can try it however. Its a shame Perl and Tk have created a 
=>maintenance monster with problems larger than those created by 
=>writing the code in C and dealing with the system differences. It is 
=>very difficult to run different versions of Perl on the same system to 
=>be able to support different applications (not just Pilot) so I am 
=>unable to use the Pilot under Linux until the problems with the Pilot 
=>Manager site for version 5.003 are repaired. Since the original 
=>developer has left Sun, another person took over. I suspect since 
=>he also works for Sun that the Sun versions are in better shape 
=>with Linux being worked on as time allows. You are correct when 
=>you say you are not alone. In the free software world you either 
=>wait for the programs or you do have the option to do it yourself. I 
=>think its amazing that someone even wrote this for the Sun let 
=>alone Linux. I would be great if I could get off of Windoze95 though. 
=>Pilot and Pegasus e-mail  are my only applications on Windoze95. 
=>(No I do not like Xmail!) Everything else I have is Sun or Linux 
=>nowadays.

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