Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!cak@PURDUE.ARPA From: cak@PURDUE.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: sundry 4.2 bugs Message-ID: <13281@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Nov-83 20:03:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.13281 Posted: Wed Nov 2 20:03:00 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Nov-83 18:47:22 EST Lines: 27 From: Christopher A Kent Berkeley seems to be uninterested in supporting its "clients" in any way any more. It used to be that you could get hold of the bug reports, IF you knew the right person to get onto the mailing list; even that has gone away. Now, we can only hope that reported bugs make it into the ever-awaited next release. On the other hand, bug reports that only exist in Unix-Wizards don't always seem to make it into said release. I would encourage all 4.2 hackers to send their fixes to Berkeley AND this list; I would further encourage Berkeley to remail the bug fixes to a wider forum. I realize that there are licensing problems, but I tend to believe that this is a very thin shroud that is being hidden behind; we all know about public-key encrytion now; implementations exist for Unix, and there is no reason that a registered letter with a password couldn't be exchanged between UCB and licensees, and bug fixes mailed to registered systems administrators on a regular basis. I found the UDP problems in the 4.2 pre-release, too, but it seems that they didn't make it back in time to make it onto the tape. tftp is pretty much botched, too. I'm really tired of having to reinvent the wheel again and again... Cheers, chris ----------