jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) (09/04/90)
Submitted-by: jac@paul.rutgers.edu Posting-number: Volume 1, Administrivia: 1 WELCOME TO COMP.SOURCES.APPLE2 Before source can be distributed a few things need to be discussed. This and subsequent messages will contain those topics. First is the format of postings. (Please don't bombard me with source until all the administrative problems have been dealt with. This should not take too long.) Postings will come in 3 flavors: Administrivia guidelines, comments, frequently asked questions, etc; NOT ARCHIVED. Information A non-source posting, but contains useful information; ARCHIVED. Source A source posting; ARCHIVED. You'll be able to distinguish between them by the "Subject" line: Subject: v%2.2d_INF_%1.1d: <subject> Subject: v%2.2d_ADM_%1.1d: <subject> Subject: v%2.2d_SRC_%3.3d: <subject> Where: INF is Information ADM is Administrivia SRC is Source I've chosen the format such that it should be possible to write tools to automatically examine the header and decide if the article should be archived or not. A sample subject line is: Subject: v01_SRC_001: neat_program.c This is from volume 1, contains source, and is issue number 1. The Source and Information categories are numbered independently; that is, you can have v01_SRC_001 and v01_INF_001. (This may be a losing idea; I'm not really sure.) The body of a posting contains 3 fields: Submitted-by: J. Random Hacker Posting-number: Volume 1, Issue 1, Source Archive-name: neat_stuff.c "Submitted-by" field contains the author's name. "Posting-number" is just an expansion of the fields in the Subject line. "Archive-name" is the name this program should be stored under in the archive. More on this in a subsequent message. To get something posted to comp.sources.apple2, send it to me at: Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac or use the follow up command in your newsreader. Jonathan A. Chandross Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac