allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) (07/04/87)
This is the monthly Info posting for comp.sources.misc. Hopefully, any questions you have will be answered here; if they are not, send mail to me (allbery@ncoast.UUCP), the moderator. > Introduction < This newsgroup is not for large programs which belong in other sources groups; it is for sources which do not fit elsewhere (for example, MS-DOS and VMS non-game sources) and for the small stuff -- for example, your favorite shell script to set your prompt or etc. -- the little stuff that just doesn't warrant submission to comp.sources.unix (formerly mod.sources), where it'd look a bit silly next to the latest version of Xterm.... As a result, the group will be run in an informal fashion. In general, *anything* will be accepted, but discussion will be routed to comp.sources.d rather than cluttering this newsgroup. This newsgroup isn't expected to be a high-volume one, since the "big" stuff should be sent elsewhere. However, it is to be hoped that people still have the desire to post their favorite prompt generators, integer square root algorithms, etc. (If the last days of net.sources are any indication, they do.) > Why moderated? < The moderated comp.sources.misc replaced the unmoderated net.sources in May 1987. This was done by the Usenet backbone in response to the observed fact that net.sources was close to 90% NON-sources. Mail I have received indicates that the majority of people are willing to trade the small delays (mainly caused by network delays in mail; I send stuff out as fast as I get it) for having a source group that isn't full of noise. As stated above, the only reason a submission will be rejected is if it is a non-source. (One submission I have received was a semi-flame -- which was posted to mod.sources. I wonder what r$ thought about that?) I, as the moderator, am striving to get things out as quickly as possible while not posting non-sources; testing is not done. If it's something that's worth testing, it probably belongs in comp.sources.unix instead. > What sources are posted here? < I will post directly any sources: little stuff like "my favorite dice-roll program" or etc., non-Unix(R) sources, as well as the standard stuff. [Disclaimer: Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.] In particular, I have made arrangements to handle VMS sources, and I have a program to create VMS DCL "shar" files. I have in the past accepted MS-DOS binaries, but these should now be sent to comp.binaries.ibm.pc instead. > Archiving < Alas, ncoast is cramped for space, so I cannot do archiving. I do, however, add archive headers to posted submissions, suitable for manual or automatic archiving and archive retrieval. Each Info posting will contain a list of the articles posted within the past month, also. The format of the archive header is: X-Archive: comp.sources.misc/yymm/seq where "yymm" is the year and month the article was posted, and "seq" is a sequence number which is unique within a month. Rick Perry (perry@vu-vlsi.UUCP, perry@vuvaxcom.BITNET) is archiving all of comp.sources.misc and is willing to distribute sources via UUCP or BITNET mail, or via a direct UUCP connection. He is also willing to make tar or cpio tapes. Contact perry@vu-vlsi.UUCP for more information. I am still looking for other sites to archive this newsgroup. Any interested system administrators should send me mail. > Final words < This newsgroup is something of an experiment. Its continued existence depends on how the net accepts it. If you do not favor a moderated sources newsgroup, please do NOT send me hate mail or post a flame to the net; you should send a non-flame letter to me explaining why you would prefer a non-moderated source group. Contrariwise, if you *do* support a moderated sources newsgroup, you should send mail to me explaining why. I will summarize periodically in the Info postings, and keep the soi-disant "Backbone Cabal" apprised as well. Don't bother flaming about it; you will only be ignored. ++Brandon, your friendly neighborhood comp.sources.misc moderator. =============================================================================== SUBMISSIONS TO comp.sources.misc FOR THE MONTH OF June, 1987 Indexed by Archive: header =============================================================================== (earlier submissions came before I set this up, sorry) 8706/2: bexec -- force csh to execute shell scripts in particular ways 8706/3: Display Tree for 4.3bsd (source) 8706/4: grabheaders - update to news/misc submission 8706/5: CORDIC code for vector rotation,sin,cos,atan2,P<->R 8706/6: Setgrp - spawn a process into a new group 8706/7: Patches to memdisk driver (BSD) 8706/8: filedisk: make a file into a filesystem (1 of 2) (BSD4.3) 8706/9: filedisk: make a file into a filesystem (2 of 2) (BSD4.3)