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From: svirsky@ttidca.TTI.COM (Bill Svirsky)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: delays in comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Message-ID: <8059@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 29 Nov 89 17:37:26 GMT
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Reply-To: svirsky@ttidcc.tti.com (Bill Svirsky)
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In article <1128@cirrusl.UUCP> dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
+If there is widespread sentiment in favor of software being posted
+untested or being tested much less throughly, you will get a greater
+volume of software.   But it will be of more uncertain quality and will
+be accompanied by much sparser editorial comments from me.  So
+ultimately what you want the user want is roughly what you will get.

I think you're doing a helluva job Rahul. I'm glad there are people like
you that make my life so much easier. No more wading through tons of
garbage to get the useful programs.

As to the testing, keep it up. The comments you add to the postings,
based on your tests, are often as/more useful than the accompanying docs.

One compromise I've thought of that may work; post a list of programs
in the queue, in the order they will get processed,  once a week or so.
If there is a program that someone wants ASAP, they can send you mail.
If you get enough requests for a particular program, move it to the top
of the queue. Better yet, set up a special mail address to which people
can mail their requests. Have a specific format for the requests and a
simple program, or shell script, to tally the requests.

-- 
Bill Svirsky, Citicorp+TTI, 3100 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Work phone: 213-450-9111 x2597
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