spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) (12/31/87)
The next posting of the checkgroups script will be January 1 or 2. I
have made yet another change, thanks to the availability of the
"Supersedes" header. Two "checkgroups" skeleton scripts will be posted
this time, with the second one immediately "Superseding" the first at
some sites. The first version will be for all the regular groups, just
like the last one I posted. The second version will be posted with an
"inet" distribution, and include all the "inet" groups as well as the
regular groups, as well as immediately superseding the first version.
What this means is that system admins will see only one checkgroups
script appear in the news.admin group (assuming both messages arrive
close together). If the site is an inet site, it will have a complete
"checkgroups" message for the inet groups. If it is not an inet
site, the "inet" message will never reach the site and the regular
script will be the one present.
Of course, sites running old or unpatched news may get both messages,
but the subject line and introductory text should allow them to be
distinguished.
I have not generated a one-line description for each inet group in the
list, in part because it is more effort than I have time for, and in
part because I don't know what they all are. Anyone with definitive
knowledge and a one line description is welcome to send them to me for
inclusion in future postings.
As usual, suggestions and comments welcomed.
--
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
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