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From: DNA90JPE@castor.ldc.lu.se
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Subject: Re: Old AmigaLibDisk material
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Date: 26 Nov 90 00:37:58 GMT
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 Dale Larson writes:

>For at least the last six months, I've been really wanting either a new
>series of disks which did not contain obsolete material (below version 5 of
>either C compiler, not 2.0 compatible, not grossly inferior to other 
>similar programs, not superceded by a more recent release, etc.).  I figure 
>that such an update would take up a _lot_ fewer than 400 disks and be 
>significantly more useful because it would be more accessable (one would 
>spend less time determining what was available for current needs).
>
>I realize that such a new series may not be possible (it may not be possible
>to decide what really is or isn't useful anymore even if you assume
>that noone needed anything for less than current revisions of OS and compilers
>and etc.) or it may not be practical because it'd take entirely too much work.
>
>An alternative (to a new series of disks) would be to annotate the current 
>series.  Volunteers could go through say, 25 disks each and generate additional
>content listings indicating whether the programs are A3000/2.0 compatible,
>which compiler (and rev. number) the source was written for, whether there
>appear to be other programs on any of the FF disks which are suited to 
>solving the same problems, whether the source uses ANSI features (i.e.
>prototyping), etc.  Even this alternative might not be practical or even
>possible.  

Why not split the lib into seweral (games, hacks, docs, etc.) this way it would
be easy to update it.
 
>Mr. Fish seems to be in a much better possition to judge the feasability of 
>of either of these improvements.  If he thinks one feasable and desireable
>and he is willing to coordinate it, I am willing to volunteer _some_ time
>and effort to help make it happen.  

Agree on both points.

>I am _very_ gratefull for all of the time and effort and etc. that Fred
>has already put into his disks!!!

Me to. A large THANK YOU FRED!!!!!

>--
>-Dale Larson  (dlarson@blake.u.washington.edu)

  /Jens Persson  (dna90jpe@castor.ldc.lu.se)