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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:51:51 +0200
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On 26 Jan 2001, at 12:25, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > From: "Juan Manuel Guerrero" <ST001906 AT HRZ1 DOT HRZ DOT TU-Darmstadt DOT De>
> > Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 20:01:51 +0200
> >
> > The goal of the patch was to keep in sync the README.1st information with
> > the zip picker instructions.
> 
> I think in this case the zip-picker needs to be updated.
> 
> > But IMHO, both zip picker information **and** README.1SR information
> > should be updated telling the user exactly *when* lgp*b.zip must be
> > downloaded and for *what* it must be downloaded.
> 
> I think README.1ST and zip-picker can both safely ignore lgpNNNb.zip,
> as if it never existed.  The FAQ explains when is lgpNNNb.zip needed,
> and since it is rarely needed, we can treat it as all the other
> optional packages which are never mentioned in README.1ST and the
> zip-picker.

Once I asked DJ to remove lgp*.zip from mini FAQ which is sent out 
to the mailing list periodically and it was done as far as I remember.
Perhaps it's best to remove it also from Zip picker (verified -  It's 
still there)

Some other comments (gave request to ZIP picker):

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unzip32.exe         to unzip the zip files         91 kb

v2/copying.dj       DJGPP Copyright info            3 kb
v2/djdev203.zip     DJGPP Basic Development Kit   1.5 mb
v2/faq230b.zip      Frequently Asked Questions    664 kb
v2apps/rh1478b.zip  RHIDE                         2.0 mb
v2gnu/bnu2951b.zip  Basic assembler, linker       2.4 mb

===> perhaps it would be better to mention bnu210b.zip instead
	
v2gnu/gcc2952b.zip  Basic GCC compiler            1.8 mb
v2gnu/gdb500b.zip   GNU debugger                  1.1 mb
v2gnu/gpp2952b.zip  C++ compiler                  1.6 mb
v2gnu/lgp2952b.zip  C++ libraries                 483 kb

====> best to remove lgp*.zip 

v2gnu/mak3791b.zip  Make (processes makefiles)    263 kb
v2gnu/txi40b.zip    Info file viewer              632 kb
v2tk/bccgrx20.zip   BCC to GRX converter          340 kb
v2tk/grx23.zip      GRX Graphics                  552 kb
v2tk/grx23fnt.zip   GRX Fonts                     644 kb

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Andris