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From: aeusemrs@csun.UUCP (Mike Stump)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Posting maps
Message-ID: <839@csun.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 15:56:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: csun.839
Posted: Tue Oct 20 15:56:57 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 22-Oct-87 00:44:24 EDT
References: <1645@culdev1.UUCP> <4902@ncoast.UUCP>
Organization: California State University, Northridge
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In article <4902@ncoast.UUCP> allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) writes:
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| As quoted from <1645@culdev1.UUCP> by drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley):
| +---------------
| | On the other hand, if someone wants to work out a reasonable system
| | where the changes are applied to the site's maps automatically, I'm
| | all for it.
| +---------------
| 
| Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't we already *have* this?  I refer to Larry
| Wall's greatest gift to the net, "patch".  Yes, I know context diffs can be
| big -- but, assuming the maps are updated automatically rather than manually,
| regular diffs will work just as well.
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I would have to second this motion.  With diffs, the powers that be could post
diffs every [small unit of time; maybe day, or 3 days], and post the entire
maps every [large unit of time; maybe 3-6 months].

Advantage:  Maps would be more uptodate then they currently are.  Some of the
net bandwidth would be returned back to us.  '* | patch -d /usr/lib/maps'
seams to me like a nice easy command to type.  With diffs one does not need
to worry about truncated files so much.

Disadvantage:  I don't have patch (Yes, real disadvantage).

I have not expolored all of the advantages, and disadvantages, but I would
like to see people consider diffs.
-- 
Mike Stump, Cal State Univ, Northridge Comp Sci Department
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