rhys@cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley) (03/18/91)
Hi Bill/anyone else who is interested, Is there any way to find out what is currently waiting on the c.b.i.p queue to be posted in the near future together with tentative posting dates? At the moment, things just "magically" appear and there is little warning. Also, if some queue status was posted one a week/month/... then maybe we can avoid some "Does anyone know of an XYZ program?" questions since the queue can be inspected to see if such a thing is already in the pipeline. I'm posting this request because I feel other people will be interested in the answer to this question. I have no "burning desire" to know this - I'm just curious. Please, no "YES WE REALLY WANT THIS" postings until we know if it possible or not :-) . Rhys. +=====================+==================================+ || Rhys Weatherley | The University of Queensland, || || rhys@cs.uq.oz.au | Australia. G'day!! || +=====================+==================================+
car@ramecs.UUCP (Chris Rende) (03/22/91)
From article <227@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, by rhys@cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley): -> -> Is there any way to find out what is currently waiting on the c.b.i.p queue -> to be posted in the near future together with tentative posting dates? At -> the moment, things just "magically" appear and there is little warning. Also, -> if some queue status was posted one a week/month/... then maybe we can avoid -> some "Does anyone know of an XYZ program?" questions since the queue can be -> inspected to see if such a thing is already in the pipeline. -> -> || rhys@cs.uq.oz.au | Australia. G'day!! || Well, I think that the "Horizon effect" of not being able to see far enough into the future will always be present. I don't think that someone who is looking for a program would wait for the weekly queue list before asking their question either. car. -- Christopher A. Rende Central Cartage (Nixdorf/Pyramid/SysVR2/BSD4.3) uunet!edsews!rphroy!trux!car Multics,DTSS,Unix,Shortwave,Scanners,UnixPC/3B1 trux!car@uunet.uu.net Minix 1.2,PC/XT,Mac+,TRS-80 Model I,1802 ELF trux!ramecs!car "I don't ever remember forgetting anything." - Chris Rende
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (03/25/91)
In article <227@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> rhys@cs.uq.oz.au writes: | Hi Bill/anyone else who is interested, | | Is there any way to find out what is currently waiting on the c.b.i.p queue | to be posted in the near future together with tentative posting dates? No. The best you could hope for is a list of submitters. While some people are nice enough to send me stuff in rational formats with subjects describing the program and a short description, many arrive with a subject of "binary submission" or somesuch, and I have no idea what they are. Also, now that I have a few people willing to take on reviews of stuff like that, The time to post is always "within one week of review" and that's not much help. I hate to take time away from activities which produce postings to make guesses about what stuff may be, or when the review might complete. Enjoy the surprises. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me