mike@peregrine.UUCP (Mike Wexler) (11/04/85)
How about replacing net.sources* with mod.sources*. The moderator would
accomplish two tasks. First to eliminate duplicate postings. Second
to decide on the best method of distribution.
The moderator might follow these steps when a program is sent to hum
1. post a short description of the program
2. wait a few days
3. count requests for distribution
4. decide on best distribution method based on number of requests and
possibly geographic/topological distribution.
5. distribute the source through email and/or posting and/or chain mailing
6. collect fixes to sources
7. distribute fixes.
I know this is a lot of work. It probably should be handled by multiple
moderators. Someone who wished to post a source would email to the mod.sources
moderator who was closest to him. If the poster wasn't satisfied with the
response of a particular moderator he could send the posting to another one.
If all the moderators refuse a posting it is probably not worth posting.
To lessen propagation delays it would be helpful if all the moderators of a
particle mod.sources* group had a direct connection to each other.
Please send reponses to me and I will summarize.
--
Mike(always a dreamer) Wexler
(trwrb|scgvaxd)!felix!peregrine!mike (714)855-3923chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) (11/12/85)
In article <429@graffiti.UUCP> peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: [someone else] >> I have never heard of a publication that will just blindly publish >> ANYTHING that walks in off the street, uncut. > I'm holding a copy of one right now. I read it. It's an APA (amateur press > association) called "Alarums and Excursions". Anyone who wants to pay > $2/page can get in on it. The editor is Lee Gold (sdcrdcf!barryg), ask > her about it. The only things she cuts .... You have just demonstrated the point of the previous poster (>>). Some things (admittedly very few) are cut; and moreover, one must *pay* to have things printed in it. Just for comparison, how does the readership of the various APA printings fare versus, say, the local newspaper? Which one has more editing? -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@mimsy.umd.edu