tim@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Tim Northrup) (02/23/90)
:From exos:brspyr1!tim@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Wed Feb 21 18:32:27 1990 Date: Wed, 21 Feb 90 18:11:22 EST From: exos:brspyr1!tim@crdgw1.crd.ge.com To: exos:ibmbin-request@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Subject: Volume/Issue numbering in comp.binaries.ibm.pc [ I mailed the original discussion of this issue to Bill, and he suggested I bring it up with the public at large, so on with the show -- Tim ] In Email to ibm-request@sixhub.UUCP, I wrote: : Bill; : A question about volume/issue numbering. Most (if not all) of : the other sources/binaries groups assign individual issue : numbers to each MESSAGE, as opposed to each PROGRAM; this : allows people to quickly determine whether they are missing : articles or not (since there would be gaps in the numbers). : The way you have it now, this is not so easy since you also : need to check that you have all of the PIECES of the program. : The "Part xx/yy" at the end of the subject heading is useful, : but if the description of the program is of any length, then : that info gets truncated off of the end of the screen (at least : using nn). : : For my two cents worth, I would prefer that each individual : article have its own unique number. : : -- Tim : : (PS: It is *great* to see some activity in that group again!) To which Bill replied with the following: | Tim, | | Rahul sent me the software to produce the postings from a starting zoo | file, and I don't *think* anything I've done has changed that. This | would be a good topic to bring up in c.b.i.p.d to kick around, but it | would take some time to make the change. | | -- | bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) | "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me So now you know the story so far ... anyone else have feelings on this one way or the other? -- Tim -- Tim Northrup +------------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------+ GEnie: T.Northrup | UUCP: uunet!crdgw1!brspyr1!tim | Air Warrior: "Duke" | ARPA: tim@brspyr1.BRS.Com +------------------------------------------+