allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) (06/11/87)
My last Administrivia produced a number of replies; I also sent a message to the moderators' list detailing the realities, and I have come up with a plan of attack. (My ``charter'' just went out the window, in other words.) NEW GUIDELINES FOR comp.sources.misc ==================================== (1) My Administrivia now falls under the same rules as every other non-source posting; I will post to comp.sources.d from now on. (2) As stated in my last posting, there is no more testing. My intent is to get sources out the door as soon as possible. (3) On forwarding stuff to comp.sources.{misc,games,mac,amiga,etc.}: On the one hand: someone who is able to test this stuff ought to do so. Since I am not doing so, they should be sent to someone who does. On the other hand, if it's sent to comp.sources.misc it's with the understanding that it goes out ASAP. This is especially important now, since comp.sources.unix is on indefinite hiatus (again!). Therefore, I will no longer redirect source postings elsewhere. This is, however, contingent on whether that works or not. (4) On MS-DOS binaries: I have received far more responses on binary postings than ever made it into news.groups where they belong; at the risk of getting someone in The Backbone Cabal upset, I am creating a moderated comp.binaries.ibm.pc, which I will moderate for the time being. (Applications for moderatorhood now being accepted; send a resume. ;-}) (5) As of today (6/10/87), turnaround is 1 day from the time I receive a submission. Since the local News Cabal (not to be confused with The Backbone Cabal) seems to have its collective head on reasonably straight for the time being, this means an absolute turnaround time from the original submission to a backbone to return to a backbone is no more than two days, and usually only one, depending on polling schedules at ncoast, hal, cwruecmp, and cbosgd (generally once an hour) and my schedule. These new guidelines are effective starting 6/10 at 10:30PM EST. BTW, the "From:" line bug has been solved; I am now rewriting From: lines into Internet format, and inews seems to be satisfied. Replies will go to the right places from now on. ++Brandon -- Copyright (C) 1987 Brandon S. Allbery. Redistribution permitted only if the redistributor permits further redistribution. ---- Moderator for comp.sources.misc ---- Brandon S. Allbery {decvax,cbosgd}!cwruecmp!ncoast!allbery aXcess Company {ames,mit-eddie,talcott}!necntc!ncoast!allbery 6615 Center St. #A1-105 necntc!ncoast!allbery@harvard.HARVARD.EDU Mentor, OH 44060-4101 +01 216 974 9210 (also eddie.MIT.EDU)