jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) (12/29/86)
I firmly believe that net.sources should not have been deleted without providing a direct replacement (comp.sources). The THEORY is that mod.sources supercedes net.sources. However, this is just NOT TRUE! Back when I was mod.sources moderator, there seemed to be a clear desire on the part of net.citizens to keep net.sources in parallel with mod.sources. The problem is even worse now. When I was moderator, I tried to keep sources flowing smoothly - my source code backlog was never more than about a week. Not to denegrate the work of the current moderator, Rich $alz, but he has not been able to keep up with the level of submissions! There have been no programs posted to mod.sources over the past two weeks (this is how long we keep sources here, we have NOTHING in the mod.sources spool directory), and lapses of over a month without a posting have occurred. Then, when Rich gets some time, he floods the net with several large postings, which causes large-scale lossage in certain parts of the net. Let's face it, mod.sources JUST ISN'T WORKING!!!! It is just too much work for one person to do as an unpaid volunteer! I have heard suggestions about multiple moderators, etc, but UNTIL such schemes are in place, and are working properly, PLEASE bring back an unmoderated comp.sources!! John P. Nelson, ex mod.sources moderator.
twb@hoqax.UUCP (BEATTIE) (01/02/87)
> I firmly believe that net.sources should not have been deleted without > providing a direct replacement (comp.sources). > > The THEORY is that mod.sources supercedes net.sources. However, this > is just NOT TRUE! > John P. Nelson, ex mod.sources moderator. I completely agree net.sources MUST be replaced - not everything posted to net.sources is approprate for mod.sources. If comp.sources isn't available I would expect a lot of source to be posted to inappropriate (and probably multiple) groups. This also makes it hard to get the source to the people who might be interested. I would have never gotten the phase-of-the-moon program I have if it was posted to an astronomy group. --- Tom. T.W. Beattie ...!{ihnp4 | houxm | whuxl | ulysses}!hoqax!twb ...!{decvax | ucbvax}!ihnp4!hoqax!twb Mares eat oaks and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy...
lear@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (eliot lear) (01/13/87)
Pardon me for stepping into the middle of a conversation but I would
also like to request that a net.sources or a comp.sources group exist
for the reason that I do not wish to see sources posted in the other
newsgroups.
...eliot
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