pleasant@cbosgd.UUCP (11/25/87)
* * * P A T H A L I A S * * * The latest map files are due out this weekend. As previously announced, this posting will require the use of the latest version of pathalias. We're using some of the new features introduced in this version!!! * * * N E T N E W S * * * If you've been looking for that reason to upgrade your news system, here it is!! Not with this upcoming posting, but with all others you'll need to be up to version 2.11 patch #10 of the netnews system which added support for the Supercedes: header. The latest patch, 2.11 patch #13, has just been released and posted to the newsgroup news.software.b. In an attempt to speed up the map posting process, this upcoming posting will be the last full posting done. Unlike the past, each file will be posted separately. As updates come in, only the affected files will be reposted. On the 1st of each month, any file that has not been updated for 30 days will be posted as well. In Europe, updates are passed around within 48-72 hours after being received. Once we get the kinks out, I'm hoping we can match this rate. Updates will be posted with a Supercedes: header. If you're not using a relatively recent version of netnews, your free disk space will evaporate because there will be several slightly different copies of the same files on your disk. UPDATE NOW!!!! - The UUCP Mapping Project