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From: Peter_Van_Epp@cc.sfu.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Space at Bugs.nosc.mil
Message-ID: <20001@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 19 Jul 89 03:26:59 GMT
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> From: jca@PNET01.CTS.COM
> Subject: bugs.nosc.mil and Bruce Evans Kernel
> 
> I talked with somebody about why Evans' 286 kernel upgrade patches aren't
> there and the reason is simple.  There's no space for it (or that's the
> explanation I got which made sense to me at the time).  From what I have
> heard, bugs is redlining it on space in the Minix archives.
 
   This being the case, it makes sense to me that we should 
urge the good folks at Bugs to (best case) dump to a tar tape
or if necessary delete large parts of the pre 1.3 files in the
archive to get them back some space. There are a few cases in the
subject listing (the extended EMS code in 420@uvicctr.uucp is
one and the SVC system is another off the top of my head) that
it would be nice to keep, but a lot of the rest (especially with
the 1.1 to 1.2 to 1.3 upgrade kit which is how I upgraded!) seems
to me to be no longer required. What do other people think?
     In any case I would like to thank the folks at Bugs.nosc.mil
who maintain the archive, your doing a super job.