Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!nshore!railnet!rad From: rad@railnet.nshore.ncoast.ORG (Rick DeMattia) Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent Subject: Re: Is posting srcs/bins OK here? Message-ID: Date: 22 Apr 91 23:08:59 GMT References: <1991Apr22.060838.28918@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Organization: Railnet BBS +1 216 883 6298 Lines: 19 rt2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Rens Troost) writes: > > I'll throw my two cents in- > 1> sources are useful. > 2> too many subgroups make archivers lives hard. > 3> the bandwidth on this group is not high enough to choke any mailer. > 4> you don't waste an inode on another directory :). > Hear hear. Also, I think we should wait 6 months or so and see how the traffic in this newsgroup develops, before going through the procedure to request an additional group for sources. It's easy to get a new group when we need it. It is difficult to remove redundant groups effectively if they turn out to be unnecessary. -- UUCP: {uunet|backbone}!nshore!railnet!rad rad@railnet.nshore.ncoast.org CompuServe: 72517.666@compuserve.COM