Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!ucbvax!SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU!Info-Mac-Request From: Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (The Moderators) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Archiving standard Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 91 19:52:03 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Info-Mac-Request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Lines: 24 John and Lee, Werner Uhrig forwarded your comments about an archiving standard to me. It would be best if you cc'd info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu on discussions of this type because I like to keep abreast of things. While a voluntary standard like you propose may be desirable, I am not going to enforce a mandantory set of guidelines. I don't have time to inspect each submission to make sure it lives up to the guideline. I do enforce some things (such as BinHexing), but not anything to do with the actual contents of postings. Also, I would like to suggest that you change the name of your proposed standard. "Sumex Archival Standard for Macintosh" makes the standard sound like it comes from us here at sumex, whereas in fact it is a suggestion you and others are making with no "official" support from sumex or Info-Mac. I do not agree that it is desirable to impose a single compression standard for all the postings at Info-Mac. Would you have us still using PackIt II? I believe change is inevitable and that posters will select whichever program they prefer, thus letting the "market" decide what works best. Bill Lipa info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu