davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (02/16/90)
Thanks to all who replied to my note, I guess the distribution is
going very well (and rapidly). Here's a status report.
I just sent out the first "real" posting, although it's a small one.
For all who reported problems with the "request" id, the correct address
for messages to me is ibmbin-request@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (request -
singular). Since the alias table is updated every few days that just
started to work.
For all who noted that uuencode was using blanks instead of accent
grave (`) blame it on SCO. I found a copy of uuencode in /usr/bin which
is in my path ahead of the local version. My local version was fixed in
April 86, by the date in the file.
Backlog:
I don't have it, but I have told Rahul that I'm now ready to have it,
although I thought we did that before. At any rate, I have a few things
to send out over the next few days, and then the backlog should be here.
If you want to send me something - do it!
Let's not wait for the backlog, although I will send out the backlog
stuff first, along with a list as soon as I get it.
Feedback:
First, unless you have trouble with the 1st real posting, I know I'm
getting out. I have had hundreds of people tell me, and detail some of
the things I mentioned above. I think you can just let me know if there
is trouble. And my thinks for all the nice stuff people said.
Shareware:
At the moment I'm going to label shareware as such and send it.
There's just too much good stuff to bypass. I will *not* send out
crippled versions of anything.
I want to send out a few GIF viewers, since we haven't had any in over
a year. CSHOW7.2 was shareware of the "if you like it pay for it" type,
while the newer 8.0 is "pay for it or stop using it" type. I will accept
suggestions about this and similar stuff, but this is *not a vote*. I'm
looking for input, but I will decide on the quality of argument, not the
quantity.
Games:
I'm planning an April 1st deluge of games, assuming that someone has
some good ones.
Big postings:
Look for them to be posted a few parts every day, with some small
stuff at the same time. That will keep new stuff coming out frequently.
Archive service:
When the next disk is on sixhub I will start offering archive service
by mail, bbs, and (maybe) uucp. Until then I don't have the room, and
will only have the stuff I send out in any case.
Review service:
I have lined up some people to be reviewers. You will see a
X-reviewed-by line in some headings.
Virus checking:
I will use the latest version of two virus checkers, and run the
software on a machine which has full CRC checks of everything. Use at
your own risk.
And this is a lot longer than I planned, but will be part of the
monthly statement of direction when I write one.
--
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc
"Getting old is bad, but it beats the hell out of the alternative" -anonbobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) (02/16/90)
Umm... what's the e-mail address for submissions?
swh@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) (02/20/90)
Re: The cbip test posting In the test posting, after I uudecoded and unzoo'd it, the resultant text file had line delimiters of LF rather than CRLF. Did anyone else notice this? Since the target audience of cbip is MSDOS users, I think this needs to be corrected.
frotz@drivax.UUCP (Frotz) (02/23/90)
swh@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) writes:
] Re: The cbip test posting
] In the test posting, after I uudecoded and unzoo'd it, the resultant text
] file had line delimiters of LF rather than CRLF.
Q: Where did you extract the test posting? (DOS/Unix)
Under either environment, it should extract to the correct
newline combination. In either case, perhaps you should pick up
Rahul's flip program. This clears up the question of whether or not
(text) files need to be converted or not.
--
Frotz
PS: Thanks again Rahul.