doug@fryeten (02/14/90)
Some questions for discussion about distribution.... If the entire distribution of anu news were vmsshared how many files would it involve at the default size? Is it completely unreasonable to post major releases to this news group and then post patches for minor releases? I've seen patches but they don't do me any good until I get up to the correct version to patch. If there is a large number of sections couldn't their distribution be spread over a number of days to reduce the amount of load? How many people are like me in a situation with no FTP and would benefit from such a distribution? Is what I'm suggesting extremely less efficient and more costly on the whole than FTP and if so could someone explain briefly how FTP distribution works in general? Are there other alternatives to VMS uucp sites or are we such a rare breed that there is little interest? I'm still sitting at version 5.4 and would love to get up to date but with no FTP it seems nearly impossible. I have given in and sent DECUS $130.00 for the Spring 89 SIG tape because I need a later version of UUCP as well, but that only brings me up to version 5.8. If I want 5.9c I have to send another $130.00 for the Fall SIG tape which has anu-news but no uucp. Sorry for seeming cheap but if there are cheaper alternatives I'd like to find them. Doug White doug@fryepro.UUCP
fac2@dayton.saic.com (Earle Ake) (02/16/90)
In article <1769@fryeten>, doug@fryeten writes: > Some questions for discussion about distribution.... > > I'm still sitting at version 5.4 and would love to get up to date but with no > FTP it seems nearly impossible. I have given in and sent DECUS $130.00 for the > Spring 89 SIG tape because I need a later version of UUCP as well, but that > only brings me up to version 5.8. If I want 5.9c I have to send another > $130.00 for the Fall SIG tape which has anu-news but no uucp. Sorry for > seeming cheap but if there are cheaper alternatives I'd like to find them. Doug, Get involved with your local DECUS LUG if there is one. You can get the SIG tapes through them usually for FREE. -- _____________________________________________________________________________ ____ ____ ___ Earle Ake /___ /___/ / / Science Applications International Corporation ____// / / /__ Dayton, Ohio ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: fac2%dayton.saic.com@uunet.uu.net uucp: uunet!dayvb!fac2