[comp.sources.d] What is the status of c.s.u???

wnp@iiasa.AT (wolf paul) (08/24/90)

Having been away from the Net for almost a year, I would like to
find out what the status of Comp.Sources.Unix is.

Who is the moderator?
What is the average frequency of postings to the group?

In the month or so that I have had news running here, there has been
NOTHING in C.S.U.  --  is that normal?

Thanks for any replies!
-- 
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davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (08/24/90)

In article <851@iiasa.UUCP> wnp@iiasa.UUCP (wolf paul) writes:

| Who is the moderator?

  rsalz@uunet.uu.net

| What is the average frequency of postings to the group?

  once in a lifetime

| In the month or so that I have had news running here, there has been
| NOTHING in C.S.U.  --  is that normal?

  yes. I have not yet seen stuff which was submitted in November of
1989, so don't be impatient. Another batch will go out after the next
renaming. Well, after some renaming.

| Thanks for any replies!

  Perhaps Rich would like to explain, become active, or look for a new
moderator. This group has been a real pain, in that people keep sending
mail saying "please turn on my feed for c.s.u, I'm STILL not getting
it."

  I'm amazed at the non-reaction to this situation up to now, but I
assume that he's busy doing all the other stuff he does for the net, and
I guess most people are willing to cut him some more slack.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
    VMS is a text-only adventure game. If you win you can use unix.

emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) (08/25/90)

     Perhaps Rich would like to explain, become active, or look for a new
   moderator. This group has been a real pain, in that people keep sending
   mail saying "please turn on my feed for c.s.u, I'm STILL not getting
   it."

If you want to get your stuff posted promptly there are plenty of
ways.

comp.sources.misc comes to mind.  so also alt.sources.

there are a number of sites in the world what that are happy to
keep other people's code around for anonymous FTP or mail server
access; find those places by looking in comp.archives.

--Ed

brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) (08/25/90)

In article <2447@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
> In article <851@iiasa.UUCP> wnp@iiasa.UUCP (wolf paul) writes:
> | What is the average frequency of postings to the group?
>   once in a lifetime

Don't be so cynical. Rich posts dozens of articles several times a year,
and nothing goes obsolete while you wait. The quality of software posted
there is worth any delay: I know that what appears in comp.sources.unix
is software that I will archive, compile, and probably find a chance to
use.

>   Perhaps Rich would like to explain, become active, or look for a new
> moderator.

I don't think any good moderator should rush through program postings.
(My packages definitely improve while they're in the queue. [grin])

> This group has been a real pain, in that people keep sending
> mail saying "please turn on my feed for c.s.u, I'm STILL not getting
> it."

Is that all you're peeved about? There are perhaps one or two such
messages a month, with maybe one or two me-toos.

---Dan

wnp@iiasa.AT (wolf paul) (08/26/90)

In article <2447@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
>| In the month or so that I have had news running here, there has been
>| NOTHING in C.S.U.  --  is that normal?
>
>  I'm amazed at the non-reaction to this situation up to now, but I
>assume that he's busy doing all the other stuff he does for the net, and
>I guess most people are willing to cut him some more slack.

Having been absent for a while, I am a little like a newcomer to the
net: I don't really know what Rich is doing for the net, and thus
am not sure why I should cut him some slack.

What is he doing? Is there anyone else WILLING and ABLE to take over
for him? 'coz unless there is, there's no use blaming Rich for doing
a poor job -- at least he is doing something.

If our mail situation were not so crazy here in Europe (we pay through
the nose both to receive and send mail) I'd be willing to get
involved, but my boss would not appreciate our e-mail bill going up
by a few 100%!
-- 
Wolf N. Paul, IIASA, A - 2361 Laxenburg, Austria, Europe
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