Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ceres.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!du248-01.cc.iastate.edu!explorer From: explorer@iastate.edu (Graff Michael L) Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent Subject: Re: Announcing posting of WNEWS 3.0 - no more mails please Message-ID: Date: 23 Apr 91 15:30:07 GMT References: <1991Apr22.205524.15390@jrix.radig.de> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: comp Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 30 In MadVAX@uop.uop.edu (MadVAX) writes: > Ugghhh!!! To bad! I don't know if we really need a new newsgroup > for just posting a source code since comp.os.coherent is too new > to split. BTW, if someone know how to create alternative > newsgroup like alt.coherent.sources, please do.. I know there're > many sites does not carry alt.* newsgroup, but we've no more > option. Sources *AND* binaries are important. I have access to a FTP site, but not durring the summer. I don't know that I'd want to receive a lot of sources at that time, so I guess I'm pretty much on both sides of the debate. If sources are going to be posted, create a new group, and do it *NOW* because the longer we wait, the longer this issue will cause grief. >p/s Joachim, if you can post the diff, I'm really appreciate it since >diff file is small I guess (since you said that there're no problem on >porting WNEWS except for batch or unbatch only). Diffs are nice, after the original source is posted. Most people won't have the source, so the diff is a real waste of net traffic. Just imagine how many mail requests someone gets when they proclaim ``I have this program running'' and you'll see the need for new newsgroups. --Michael --