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From: rosenkra@convex.com (William Rosencranz)
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Subject: Re: lharc
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Date: 6 Jun 91 18:41:48 GMT
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In article <4170@hh.maus.de> Thomas_Quester@hh.maus.de (Thomas Quester) writes:
>If you send me a disk and the stamps you'll receive the LZH 1.13.21 or
>a newer version. The bugs you described are fixed at 1.13.20.

months ago i started a debate on the (current) weakness of lharc. since
then, it seems nothing has changed: MANY people still have compatibility
problems (at least 10 articles complaining in the last month). and still
we bicker over pennies (i can get bulk DSDD disks for $0.39US each).

and now we have yet another potentially incompatible version, with a
new version numbering scheme. why can't you guys who write these
versions get together and decide on a standard already? i say "potentially"
incompatible because i have not used it nor read its docs. but where
lharc is concerned, it is safe to expect the worst :-(. and the terminator
guys and steve grimm should be on that "committee", too, so we at least
try for compatibility (already). sheesh...

oh well...

-bill
rosenkra@convex.com
(i NEVER use lharc :-)

BTW: i am pleased to see compressed tar files appearing :-). hint, hint...
the .taz file is the wave of the future! now if only GEMDOS could support
file.tar.Z naming...
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