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From: tadguy@xanth.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: whereis utility
Message-ID: <2603@xanth.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 29-Sep-87 19:54:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: xanth.2603
Posted: Tue Sep 29 19:54:34 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Oct-87 00:48:14 EDT
References: <2490@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <2599@xanth.UUCP>
Reply-To: tadguy@xanth.UUCP (Tad Guy)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va.
Lines: 34
Keywords: patience, trust.
Summary: then what's the problem?  (should send ACK's)

In article <2599@xanth.UUCP> kent@xanth.UUCP (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>In article <2490@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> hsgj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Dan Green) writes:
>>A while ago I promised that I'd post a "whereis" utility to
>>comp.sources.amiga.  I posted it on Sept 7, 1987.  Today is Sept 28
>>and it still hasn't shown up yet.
>Can't we all be ladies and gentlemen about this, and stifle our impatience?
>Being a moderator is a killer job, and doc had some pretty severe start up
>troubles, so he has some catching up to do.
>
>Let's NOT put ourselves on the net-god's hit list again, OK?  Send it to doc,
>and wait.  If you think he died, or graduated, or something, send him a note
>and ask him if he got your stuff, and if there is a problem getting it out.
>
>Kent, the man from xanth.

I think Mr. Green has a valid point.  The .sources and .binaries group
are only useful if material submitted to them gets distributed in a
timely manner.

Does "doc" send acknowledgements to people indicating that their
submission was received and what kind of delay they can expect?  If not,
I would suggest that he start doing so.  That would encourage people to
be more patient and let them know that their posting didn't go into a void.

Additionally, if he is still having mail trouble (since he is at Purdue,
I wouldn't be suprised -- I have had serious difficulty trying to get
through their mailers in the past) or finds his workload too much to be
able to deal with comp.{sources,binaries}.amiga postings in a reasonable
time then perhaps it is time for another moderator to come forward.

I'm not trying to slight "doc" (who has been doing a good, if erratic
job), but these things will happen from time to time...

Just a thought...

	...tad