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From: ka@hou3c.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist)
Newsgroups: net.news.b
Subject: Re: Any progress on version 2.11 ?
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Date: Wed, 18-Apr-84 23:24:24 EST
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No one has accepted the position of coordinator for the 2.11
release, which means that there is no one to give you a definite
answer about release dates, etc.

I can answer the question about vnews.  Vnews should be distri-
buted as part of the 2.11 release.  Furthermore, the 2.11 release
will not change the format of the netnews spool directory so that
news reading programs designed to work with 2.10 will probably
work without change under 2.11.

The release date depends significantly on what is to be included.
There are some significant enhancements that are partially or
totally unimplemented:
- Unsubscribe to discussion.
- Quick switching between newsgroups.
- Summary lines (which function as an adjunct to the subject line).
- Improved postnews/followup program written in C.
- Ability to run on a PDP-11.
					Kenneth Almquist


"Three weeks 'til finals and I'm thinking about netnews?"