ahh@s.cc.purdue.edu (Brent L. Woods) (11/06/87)
Yes, that's right, the sources and binaries groups are back in
business. Just what you always wanted, right?
There are now three people co-moderating the comp.{sources,binaries}.amiga
groups. We are:
Matthew Bradburn (afb@s.cc.purdue.edu)
Pat White (ain@k.cc.purdue.edu)
Brent Woods (ahh@s.cc.purdue.edu)
Submission or mail can be sent to any one of us, but we would prefer
that they be sent to the appropriate mail aliases (amiga-binaries-request@
j.cc.purdue.edu, or amiga-sources-request@j.cc.purdue.edu, or simply posted
to the moderated groups); this simplifies our joint bookkeeping.
The Amiga archives still exist, and we are in the process of getting
control of them now--we will let you all know when they are settled.
Any submissions that are sent to us now *will* be archived when we get
control of the archives.
Since there are more than one of us, and because of all the talk on
comp.sys.amiga, we have decided upon a few policy changes here:
1) We *will* send out an acknowledgment of receipt so you know we got
your submission.
2) We will also *try* and test everything before sending it out--
we will attempt to run every binary program and compile every source.
If we find any errors, we will be in touch with you. If there are known
bugs, please include a list of them with your submission (it will be
posted with the submission) so we don't spend time sending mail about
bugs you know about and want it posted regardless.
3) If any directions are required for use or installation, include them.
When we test the submissions, we will be pretending to be complete
novices, so if there is some ambiguity, you'll hear from us about
it. Also, if it needs to be done, and it's not in the directions,
we'll probably not do it.
For sources, makefiles (a la Manx) are the best way to go, and for
binaries, directions about how to run it and use it are very useful.
For testing purposes, we'll be booting vanilla V1.2 so if your program
needs something different (eg: bigger stack, pipe device, V1.1, etc.)
you *must* tell us.
4) If you have any questions reguarding your submission, our mailers are
always open.
5) We will be assuming a "standard machine" is an A1000 with 512K, one
floppy drive, and version 1.2 of Kickstart and Workbench. If your
submission requires *anything* else, please include a message saying
so. Otherwise, we'll be testing your program with this assumption
in mind, and you will (fairly rapidly) receive a message about it.
If you submitted anything, and didn't get a reply, then it probably went
to Doc and might have been deleted by junkmail. If so, then please re-submit
it. Currently, we have 3 submissions that will be going out soon.
From your co-moderators,
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Matthew Bradburn (afb@s.cc.purdue.edu)
Pat White (ain@k.cc.purdue.edu)
Brent Woods (ahh@s.cc.purdue.edu)