Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!udel!mmdf From: RECHTIEN%DOSUNI1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Jens-Heiner Rechtien) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Bitnet-sites (was Re: amoeba ??) Message-ID: <48414@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 21 Mar 91 15:30:09 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.edu Lines: 28 Maarten Huisjes writes: [ stuff deleted ] > } -- Everyone should compress and uuencode his diff's -- > NO! > } It does account for smaller messages (which some of us will like a *LOT*) > Yes, it does, but why do you like it a *LOT* > } and it decreases network load. > No it doesn't, it increases netload. Most news programms forward there news > in compressed form (compressed news feed). Compress -> uuencode -> compress > increases the netload. > Besides you would have to uudecode and decompress the diff's before > you can decide if you want them. This small increase of netload should be tolerable. Not uuencoded sources will be munged by Bitnet (the old long line problem) and cause a *LOT* of troubles when applying the patches and/or compiling the sources. Many people have only Bitnet access (I believe), so please post compressed and uuencoded sources/patches. Jens-Heiner Rechtien