poole@forty2.UUCP (Simon Poole) (05/30/88)
This is NOT intended as flame of anybody, in particular not of the moderator of comp.sources/binaries.atari.st. This posting is prompted by the posting of rzsz (the UN*X version of zmodem) to comp.sources. atari.st. I propose that we adopt a policy of not posting software that does not run on the Atari ST to the Atari binaries and sources groups, in particular no software that has previously posted to comp.sources.unix and comp.sources.misc. Reasons: - it's a real waste of resources (something the various IBM-PC groups really excell in, I don't think we have to copy all brain-damage from them....) - most sites that receive netnews and run UN*X, archive comp.sources.unix and comp.sources.misc locally. If you are missing a program, or it's simply not installed at your site, what about asking the person that is taking care of News at your place? - comp.sources.unix is archived at various public accessible sites. There is no problem accessing archives from BITNET and 'ARPANET' sites. The regular introduction to comp.sources. unix lists all archives. - if a program is useful and a up to date version hasn't been posted for a long time, you should arrange that it gets posted to one of the major sources groups, so that a maximum of people will profit. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP: ...mcvax!cernvax!forty2!poole Simon Poole BITNET: K538915@CZHRZU1A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
koreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Steven Grimm) (05/31/88)
In article <305@forty2.UUCP> poole@forty2.UUCP (Simon Poole) writes: >This is NOT intended as flame of anybody, in particular not of the >moderator of comp.sources/binaries.atari.st. Good! I hate being flamed. :-) >This posting is prompted >by the posting of rzsz (the UN*X version of zmodem) to comp.sources. >atari.st. > >I propose that we adopt a policy of not posting software that does not >run on the Atari ST to the Atari binaries and sources groups, in >particular no software that has previously posted to comp.sources.unix >and comp.sources.misc. The version of rzsz that was posted to comp.sources.atari.st is (according to the submitter) a greatly modified version of the software. The original author did not want to make the hacked-up version an "official" release, but gave his permission to distribute the program as a companion to the Atari zmdm program. Apparently the program was posted to comp.sources.atari.st once before (before I became moderator) so there is some precedent. I agree that in most cases, UNIX programs should be bounced to the appropriate group, and I will do so. I thought that this case was an exception. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >UUCP: ...mcvax!cernvax!forty2!poole Simon Poole >BITNET: K538915@CZHRZU1A >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Steven Grimm Moderator, comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st koreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ssyx!koreth
wisner@killer.UUCP (Bill Wisner) (06/04/88)
> - most sites that receive netnews and run UN*X, archive > comp.sources.unix and comp.sources.misc locally. This is one of the most questionable statements I've ever seen from Simon Poole. MOST sites? MOST sites that receive netnews don't have the resources to archive everything. I'd say perhaps 35 to 40% do. > - comp.sources.unix is archived at various public accessible > sites. There is no problem accessing archives from BITNET > and 'ARPANET' sites. The regular introduction to comp.sources. > unix lists all archives. And I archive them here on killer. They're available by anonymous UUCP. And no, I've not made comp.sources.atari.st and comp.binaries.atari.st available yet (hint hint, Steve, hint hint). -- Bill Wisner ..!{ames,att,decwrl,ihnp4,mit-eddie,osu-cis}!killer!wisner