gnu@l5.uucp (John Gilmore) (12/05/85)
Sources should go in net.sources or mod.sources. If you think people in net.roots would be interested in your source, post a little note saying "Look in net.sources to get this great program". You can even make your note a followup to your source posting (change the Newsgroups: line and maybe subject), so people can just follow the References: line up to the source article (in vnews, the "p" for parent command). There are a few reasons for this: * Lots of sites automatically archive net.sources, so if you post in net.roots, they won't keep a copy of your source. * Lots of sites don't receive net.sources *deliberately* because they want to keep their phone bills down. Need I say more? If so, try reading net.announce.newusers. The protocol for posting sources is in there.
6243tes@whuts.UUCP (STERKEL) (12/09/85)
<PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTION ALSO WOULD CURE 70 - 90 % OF THE SOURCE AND SIMILAR MATERIAL CROSS-POSTING CLUTTERING UP THE NET> >I made an earlier suggestion in net.roots, and net.sources >that geneology program sources should not be posted in >net.sources. The basic reasoning was that special interest >sources belong in the special interest groups, avoiding >aggrevating the Unixer's and avoiding the "loss" of the >one source amoung the many. > >I now withdraw the suggestion. > >It appears that some links do not include special interest >groups such as net.roots (for instance Europe). In addition, >keeping all sources in net/mod.sources maintains a managable >archiving system, whereas encouraging diffusion of sources >makes a difficult job impossible. > >Based on several suggestions (by the way, thanks for the >mail on this topic). I make the following new suggestion: > > Put all sources or pointers to available sources in > either net.sources (or mod.sources), placing a pointer > in all applicable special interest groups such as: > > NOTICE: SOURCE (REFERENCE) FOR XYZ POSTED TO NET.SOURCES > > please note that this is *one line* and not a large drain > on the net. -- [opinions are obviously only my own; Terry not necessarily those of my asso- ihnp4!whuts!6243tes ciates or those of my employer.] cornet 232-2899