[sword-devel] Fwd: Resend: David Haslam's inquiry about Crosswire

[David Instone-Brewer]

Dear David & Darcy

Thanks for figuring out the cause behind this long-standing issue.

All the best
David IB

On Mon, 11 Mar 2024, 16:51 David Haslam, <dfhdfh at protonmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Troy,
>
> The underlying problem is that the STEP Bible repository was never added
> to the CrossWire Master Repository List.
>
> Until that’s done, the only way users can test it is when a front-end
> permits manually adding a remote repository. Xiphos can do that, but I
> don’t know if any other app can.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 16:35, Darcy McKinnon <dmckinnon78 at gmail.com
> <On+Mon,+Mar+11,+2024+at+16:35,+Darcy+McKinnon+%3C%3Ca+href=>> wrote:
>
> Hi David and Troy,
>
> Mark and David passed this along to me to look into. We thought that
> STEPBible's modules were available for others to access, but if we have
> something misconfigured, please let me know.
>
> On the Official_and_Affiliated_Module_Repositories
> <https://wiki.crosswire.org/Official_and_Affiliated_Module_Repositories#STEP_Bible>
> page we have the following information:
>
> Site Name: STEP Bible
> Site Machine Name: ftp.stepbible.org
> Repository Directory: /pub/sword
>
> Catalog Directory: /pub/sword
> ZIP Directory: /pub/sword/zip
>
> Below is a transcript of a connection to the ftp server from my Linux
> workstation. If there is something specific that I can test, that would be
> great.
>
> Thank you,
> Darcy McKinnon
>
> > ftp ftp://anonymous@ftp.stepbible.org
> Connected to ftp.stepbible.org.
> 220 (vsFTPd 3.0.5)
> 331 Please specify the password.
> Password:
> 230 Login successful.
> Remote system type is UNIX.
> Using binary mode to transfer files.
> 200 Switching to Binary mode.
> ftp> cd pub/sword
> 250 Directory successfully changed.
> ftp> ls
> 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||30096|)
> 150 Here comes the directory listing.
> drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 4096 Feb 13 10:05 mods.d
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 6789 Feb 13 10:05 mods.d.tar.gz
> drwxr-xr-x 3 0 0 4096 Feb 13 10:05 modules
> drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 4096 Feb 13 10:05 zip
> 226 Directory send OK.
> ftp> cd mods.d
> 250 Directory successfully changed.
> ftp> ls
> 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||30082|)
> 150 Here comes the directory listing.
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 1852 Apr 01 2021 RV_th.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2402 Dec 18 21:07 SBLG_th.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 3353 Jan 27 2022 THOT.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 1586 Sep 30 20:25 abpen_sb.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2265 Sep 30 20:24 abpgk_sb.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 3447 Feb 08 22:53 arasvd_sb.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 688 Jun 30 2015 cym.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2343 Oct 25 2017 lxx_th.conf
> 226 Directory send OK.
> ftp> cd ../modules
> 250 Directory successfully changed.
> ftp> ls
> 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||30065|)
> 150 Here comes the directory listing.
> drwxr-xr-x 3 0 0 4096 Feb 13 10:05 texts
> 226 Directory send OK.
> ftp> cd ../zip
> 250 Directory successfully changed.
> ftp> ls
> 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||30023|)
> 150 Here comes the directory listing.
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2877552 Feb 13 10:05 AraSVD_sb.zip
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2290234 Nov 06 15:22 CYM.zip
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 6267628 Nov 06 15:22 LXX_th.zip
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 3008973 Apr 10 2021 RV_th.zip
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 1574927 Dec 22 10:05 SBLG_th.zip
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 4488324 Nov 21 10:05 THOT.zip
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 4682539 Oct 05 21:56 abpen_sb.zip
> -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 4403217 Oct 05 21:56 abpgk_sb.zip
> 226 Directory send OK.
> ftp> exit
> 221 Goodbye.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: David Instone-Brewer <davidinstonebrewer at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 3:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Resend: David Haslam's inquiry about Crosswire
> To: Mark Cannon <mcannon.bw at gmail.com>, Darcy McKinnon <
> dmckinnon78 at gmail.com>
>
>
>
> Dear Darcy
>
> David Haslam of Crosswire asked Mark (below) if our module repository
> could be made compatible with other Sword software.
> I thought it was! Presumably he means that programs like Zophos can't pick
> up modules from our repository.
> Do you know what he means by this problem?
>
> All the best
> David IB
>
>>
>> I was excited about Patrick's info on the grammar features working with
>> the ESV_morph and posted something to my own Facebook page after I posted
>> it on our STEPBible Users page. David Haslam asked in a reply to my post:
>>
>> Is there any chance that the Bible modules hosted by STEP Bible could be
>> maintained in a compatible online repository such that other SWORD and
>> JSword front-end apps could install them therefrom ?
>> For further details, please visit wiki.crosswire.org and see the page
>> about “Official and Affiliated Module Repositories”.
>> Section 2.6 already describes STEP Bible but the section hasn’t been
>> updated for several years, so it may now need updating.
>> The Master Repositories List (MRL) hosted by CrossWire still does not
>> include an entry for STEP Bible.
>> To request that this should be added, please send an email to Troy A.
>> Griffitts - CrossWire’s founder.
>> Please DM me for his address if you don’t have it.
>>
>>
>> What do you think about this?
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mark Cannon
>>
>> PO Box 43
>>
>> Gatesville, NC 27938
>> 757-576-4474
>>
>> www.STEPBible.org <http://www.stepbible.org/> - understand the originals
>> behind your Bible
>> STEP stands for 'Scripture Tools for Every Person' and is designed to
>> give users across the world, particularly those in disadvantaged countries,
>> free access to trustworthy Bible expertise.
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-devel/attachments/20240312/7969d6b8/attachment.htm>