rupley@arizona.edu (John Rupley) (11/01/87)
Almost each day one finds requests in comp.sources/.sys/.unix
for certain software, e.g., Microemacs, arc/zoo, uu{en/de}code, etc.
The requests are reasonable, but repetitive.
A suggestion to reduce net & email bandwidth. Each *week* post in
comp.sources.d:
(1) a list of the sources believed (by comp.sources moderator?)
to be the most frequently wanted, with a source for the source (needed
because the current Microemacs and various other sources are not found
on some comp.sources archive sites).
(2) a statement that one should read the less frequently posted
v*.info/.list files, ie RTFM.
Even if repetitive postings are not much reduced, one could not answer
them and retain a clear conscience.
John Rupley
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voice: (602)321-2929 (Office) or (602)325-4533 (Home)allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) (11/06/87)
As quoted from <2637@megaron.arizona.edu> by rupley@arizona.edu (John Rupley): +--------------- | Almost each day one finds requests in comp.sources/.sys/.unix | for certain software, e.g., Microemacs, arc/zoo, uu{en/de}code, etc. +--------------- The problem with MicroEmacs was that it was promised to be posted... then Rich Salz (comp.sources.unix moderator) declared a moratorium on editor postings. This has apparently been interpreted as a moratorium on editors in comp.sources.misc as well. People, I'm here to get sources out. I'm NOT supposed to block sources; as a result, I am perfectly willing to accept the MicroEmacs sources (heck, I've been waiting for them!). (Yes, I made a comment, intended as a joke, about "maybe I should stop accepting editors too" when I posted VI for VMS. It *was* a joke; I've no business rejecting source postings, my sole job is to get rid of non-source.) So where is MicroEmacs, already??! ;-) -- Brandon S. Allbery necntc!ncoast!allbery@harvard.harvard.edu {harvard!necntc,well!hoptoad,sun!mandrill!hal,uunet!hnsurg3}!ncoast!allbery Moderator of comp.sources.misc
daveb@geac.UUCP (11/06/87)
In article <2637@megaron.arizona.edu> rupley@arizona.edu (John Rupley) writes: | Almost each day one finds requests in comp.sources/.sys/.unix | for certain software, e.g., Microemacs, arc/zoo, uu{en/de}code, etc. | ... Each *week* post in comp.sources.d: | (1) a list of the sources believed (by comp.sources moderator?) | to be the most frequently wanted, with a source for the source (needed | because the current Microemacs and various other sources are not found | on some comp.sources archive sites). | (2) a statement that one should read the less frequently posted | v*.info/.list files, ie RTFM. Er, could we have a weekly/monthly message to look in the FM instead? And an explanation of where the FM is... (When I switched from Multics to Unix I use to wonder where "message 1" of each group had disappeared to.. I found their equivalents in a separate newsgouup!) --dave (huh? what manual?) c-b -- David Collier-Brown. {mnetor|yetti|utgpu}!geac!daveb Geac Computers International Inc., | Computer Science loses its 350 Steelcase Road,Markham, Ontario, | memory (if not its mind) CANADA, L3R 1B3 (416) 475-0525 x3279 | every 6 months.