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From: kak@hico2.UUCP (Kris A. Kugel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: comp.sources.3b1
Summary: this is a directed graph
Message-ID: <1180@hico2.UUCP>
Date: 5 Mar 91 21:48:29 GMT
References: <326@sialis.mn.org> <11381@pbhya.PacBell.COM> <1991Feb22.032323.10265@ceilidh.beartrack.com>
Organization: High Country Software
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In article <1991Feb22.032323.10265@ceilidh.beartrack.com>, dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (DoN Nichols) writes:
> > - to include clues to the code, items, things other than come with a stock
> >   3b1, that posted source depends on.
> 
> 	Add to that a note in the notes with the sources archives on osu-cis
> which suggest other packages which should be snarfed at the same time to
> complete a project.

> Donald Nichols (DoN.) <dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com>

I dunno, I suspect what we need is a standard map, not one for each project.
If I'm no longer sure of all the modifications I've added to my 3b1's
hardware and software, I may make a mistake when specifying what you need
to run/compile the stuff.  Large projects choke on this kind of activity;
at least some good stuff gets out the door for the 3b1, and nobody's
sinking money to pay for development overhead.

If somebody wants to volunteer to spend the 100-hours or more to 
organize, document, and make dependency graphs for the user and other
generated software available on osu-cis and other places, I'll cheer
them on.  But without an economic incentive, who has time to do it?
			       
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