lsc (12/03/82)
As a member of unix development lab, part of my efforts have been devoted to the care and feeding of UUCP and related software (post 5.0). I am not sure how much information I am allowed to reveal, but I will say a great deal of effort has been devoted to cleaning up the majority of UUCP bugs. Netnews has been a valuable aid in this regard. All can be assured that every bug that has crossed the net within the last 6 months has been corrected. The 5.0 USG version of UUCP represents the latest effort to enhance UUCP. ( I have been told that UUCP has not been touched for quite awhile - in a major way at least). 5.0 UUCP features include new job tracking capabilities, enhanced statistics via UUSTAT, and multihop routing. I don't doubt that new bugs will appear, as the above enhancements required significant additions and changes to UUCP. I will continue to monitor the net and see how well 5.0 is fairing. I do not know how soon this debugged version of UUCP (5.? or 6.0) will be available, but I will make an effort to push it out the door as soon as possible. In any event, I just wanted to point out that the USG is paying attention to the net and is making an effort to address the problems and suggestions mentioned there. The next release of UUCP should probably be the most robust version available anywhere. Thankyou for you help, Larry Cohen mhtsa!lsc